Jean Royere Coffee Table

Jean Royere

(1902-1981)

French designer, Jean Royere, learned cabinetmaking in the workshops of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris. In 1931, at the age of 29, following a career in import-export, he established his own busines as an interior designer. In 1934, after designing the Brasserie Carlton on the Champs Elysees in Paris, he found rapid success. And into the early 1970s he had an international career. In the 1950s, Royere opened branches in the Middle East and Latin America and his design projects included work for the Hotel Saint-Georges in Beirut, Lebanon, work for King Farouk, King Hussein of Jordan, and the Shah of Iran, all of whom admired his creativity and elegance in the designs for their palaces. Royere pioneered an original style combining bright colors, organic forms and precious materials within a wide range of imaginative accomplishments. In 1980 he moved to the United States where he lived until his death.