Stool Cloverleaf By Marcel Gascoin In Oak, 1950

Oak cloverleaf stool by Marcel Gascoin, ARHEC 1950Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986) played a major role in the emergence of French design after the Second World War.Although Marcel Gascoin's first professional experience was designing shop windows in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, he remained a man of accessible, pragmatic modernism. His first creations followed the development of the Salon des arts ménagers, which focused on modern, economical, high-quality, mass-produced furniture. At the 1938 show, he presented a range of storage units, already showing the beginnings of organic design. In the aftermath of the war, Marcel Gascoin found a second chance thanks to his friendly links with Raoul Dautry and Eugène Claudius-Petit - the ministers responsible for reconstruction - which enabled him to make his mark on the scene. In 1947, he coordinated the Exposition Internationale de l'Urbanisme et de l'Habitation: responsible for a number of stands (kitchen, lighting, AFNOR, etc.), he designed a show flat for the reconstruction of Sotteville-lès-Rouen. Marcel Gascoin is also a member of the UAM. UAM members who took part in the construction of the Cité Universitaire d'Antony include Eugène Beaudouin and Jean Prouvé as ‘engineer-builders’, and Marcel Gascoin and Charlotte Perriand as ‘decorator-architects’. They all worked on the development of the residence, driven by a common desire: to renew housing and offer a new living environment suited to the needs of today's people. es of architects, town planners and interior designers