André Groult (27 August 1884 – 1966) was a French decorator and furniture designer., and one of the most prominent figures of the

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

style. His work featured curving and organic shapes, and extremely rich materials. His work has been described as compromising between tradition and

modernism Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...

. For the

Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (french: Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes) was a World's fair held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925. It was designed by the Fren ...

in 1925, he designed a woman's bedchamber with a pink and gray palette. The room featured tended walls of Soie stitching. The furniture in the room was rounded and covered in natural Galuchat. In 1935, Groult designed the furnishings of the first-class cabins on the ocean liner '' SS Normandie''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Groult, Andre 1884 births French furniture designers Art Deco artists 1966 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing Date of death missing French cabinetmakers