Among his outstanding achievements was the renovation of the famous Sandoz jewellery store on rue Royale in 1928; the creation of the Frigéco shop on the Champs-Élysées; the Portuguese Tourist Office in 1931; and the bar of the Técalémit Company in 1932 (layout, decoration, all-metal furniture). Right up to the outbreak of WW2, , he carried out countless projects for shops, luxury boutiques, bars and Parisian brasseries, often both frontage and interior decoration.">

René Crevel

Furniture and furniture ensembles

Work

Furniture and furniture ensembles
René Crevel designed models for furniture from an early age. By the 1920s and throughout the 1930s, his style was very much his own. His furniture was made by Krieger and Noël, two prestigious houses in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine: for example, a office suite of rosewood and ivory marquetry; furniture made of precious wood and lacquer or with metal; tubular furniture. Later in life, convinced that "modern furniture" should be accessible to all, he also worked on mass production: for example, modular furniture for apartments; and quick assembly furniture intended for households damaged during the Second World War. As architect and decorator, he designed sumptuous interiors for many private clients, and throughout his career carried out numerous major projects, such as in 1924, the façade, layout and decoration of the Théâtre de l'Avenue; in 1927, the bookshop Le Temps Retrouvé, both in Paris.
In 1928, the fitting out of the Hôtel de Paris and the complete renovation of the restaurant Le Viel, boulevard de la Madeleine. Appointed architect-decorator for the Société des Grands Hôtels, he was responsible for Parisian landmarks such as the Hôtel Continental, 1931; Les Tuileries restaurant and Hotel Astoria, 1933. And in Monte Carlo, the Hôtel de Paris, 1934.

Among his outstanding achievements was the renovation of the famous Sandoz jewellery store on rue Royale in 1928; the creation of the Frigéco shop on the Champs-Élysées; the Portuguese Tourist Office in 1931; and the bar of the Técalémit Company in 1932 (layout, decoration, all-metal furniture). Right up to the outbreak of WW2, , he carried out countless projects for shops, luxury boutiques, bars and Parisian brasseries, often both frontage and interior decoration.