Paul Evans Dining Table Or Desk, Usa 1970s

Beautiful 1970s American design table by PAUL EVANS, signed. With its gilded brass and burl base and its large 2cm thick glass top, it will find its place as a dining room table, a desk or even a console. It was in fact the New York buildings that inspired the artist. American artist-designer Paul Evans was born in 1931 in Newtown, Pennsylvania. He studied sculpture, metalwork and goldsmithing at various institutions, including the School of American Craftsmen in Rochester, New York, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Evans was the resident silversmith at the Sturbridge Village History Museum near Springfield, Massachusetts, before moving to an artist community in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in the 1950s. There he began his partnership with Philip Powell, selling original furniture of modern design. Evans is known for his experimental fusions of mid-century furniture and mixed-media metal sculpture, often on monumental scales that contrast with the simple, clean aesthetic of the era. In 1957, his popularity grew after he participated in a landmark exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now the Museum of Arts and Design) in New York. In 1964, he began designing for furniture manufacturer Directional, where he introduced notable editions such as the Argent Series, Sculpted Bronze, and the Cityscape Collection. In 1981, he joined contemporary furniture manufacturer Selig in Massachusetts. Selig in Massachusetts. Although he died in his mid-fifties, Evans was highly prolific, leaving behind a body of work that in recent years has become highly sought after...