LEIGH'S LEARNING ABOUT MAISON JANSEN

OK now here's the scoop. Maison Jansen, the house of Jansen, was founded in the late 19thc by Jean-Henri Jansen it existed from 1880 til 1989. The piece below came out of a collection of things from the Waldorf Astoria and in the same style as Jansen.
In 1920's Stephane Boudin joined the firm. He acted as the designer for Maison Jansen to the Kennedy White House. He redid the Blue Room and the Red Room in traditional American style. Jansen's style was usually French influenced. They were known for their reproductions of classical french pieces. Maison Jansen started out selling antiques and then started producing their own designs based on the classics. Hey, that's what Robsjohn Gibbings did too! We have a beautiful daybed by Maison Jansen which is pictured below. The daybed is made of nickle plated steel and bronze, which was contracted out to an Italian craftsman to produce from Jansen's designs.We sold a great piece from the 1940's by Jansen. This had a piano black lacquer finish and the interior of the very large cabinet was salmon lacquer the real give away confirming it to truly be Maison Jansen was the huge brass lion head pulls, and concentric circle pulls used repeatedly in their designs.