VALLIN, Eugène
(b. 1856, Herbeviller, d. 1922, Nancy)

Art Nouveau dining room

1903-06
Blond mahogany, repoussé leather painted and gilded, blown-moulded glass, bronze
Musée de l'École de Nancy, Nancy

This dining room was commissioned from Eugène Vallin by Charles Masson, Eugène Corbin's brother-in-law, for his apartment in Nancy. Emile Victor Prouvé collaborated with Vallin to execute the complete set of the room consisting of furniture, fireplace sculpture, leather panels decorated with rose bushes, and painted ceiling on mounted canvas.