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French designer Georges Dunaime was from France.
Biography
Between 1921 and 1927, five agents worked to sell Dunaime’s work. He designed lighting for E. Etling. Gagnon, the designer and engraver, made most of his work, which included table lamps, torchéeres, and chandeliers made of silver, gilt, and patinated bronze with shades made of cloth, cut glass, quartz, marble, and alabaster. He made many different kinds of lighting for the ocean liner Paris in He made many different kinds of lighting for the ocean liner Paris in 1921. In 1922, a show of his work was put on at Gagneau.
Recognition
He won first prize in a competition by the Union of Bronze Manufacturers in 1922. He also won first prize (for a table lamp) and an honourable mention (for a piano lamp) at the Great Lighting Competition in Paris in 1924. Work was shown at the booths of Gagnon, Gagneau, Bézault, and Christofle at the 1925 Paris “Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes.”
Sources
Byars, M., & Riley, T. (2004). The design encyclopedia. Laurence King Publishing. https://amzn.to/3ElmSlL
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