Design Release February '07 New Furniture Collection at Lois Macaulay Interior Design The inspiration: Cubist art of Picasso and Braque The designer: Lois Macaulay The pieces: A chair, two tables and a lamp The collection: Annees Trente Collection

The new Annees Trente Pieces draw from the school of art know as Cubism, developed by Braque and Picasso between 1908 and 1930. These artists broke away from presenting the scene as you see it. In their compositions components are arranged according to their intrinsic values, and from numerous vantage pointsaround the subject, showing the surfaces of objects as planes connected to the surrounding world.

The new Picasso chair and table begin a furniture exploration of spatial relationships. The lines are truly curved to follow the reclining arm, cubed to parallel the surfaces of the surrounding walls and floors. The materials are unquestionably pure (wood, stone) and unbeatably durable (ultrasuede). The colours are high contrast ebony and stone white. They present remarkable value: the origin of both design and fabrication is here in our Toronto showroom and workroom.

Picasso Chair - an angled cube, legs planed into a fine taper, arms sculpted to follow arms; tall, spare, comfortable. The choices: ultrasuede in stone white, ebony or saddle brown/ leg finishes in ebony stain or parchment paint, 26x26x36inches $1450

Picasso Lamp Table - the theme is developed with an elongated tapered base, angling beyond the stone slab cap. Finish choices: ebony or parchment wood/ limestone or grotto stone top, 18x18x24inches $500

Not shown, Picasso Drinks Table used in pairs for a coffee table, 19x19x19inches $540
Braque Lamp - still life composition begins with a woodblock, hand-lathed into an amphora shaped lamp, ebony stained, linen shaded. $560

Location: Lois Macaulay Design Showroom
98 Avenue Road, main floor,
Toronto Ontario M5R 2H3
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