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Leon Jallot was born in Nantes(France) in 1874.
Active in Paris, he began making furniture as early as 1890. From 1898-1901 he was the manager of the furniture workshop of Siegfried Bing’s shop La Maison de l’Art Nouveau in Paris.
In 1901, Leon Jallot became a founding member of the first Salon of Société des Artistes Décorateurs.
In 1903, when l’Art Nouveau closed, Jallot established his own decorating workshop where he designed and made furniture, fabrics, carpets, tapestries, glassware, lacquer and screens.
As early as 1904 he exhibited his passion for the use of rich materials rather than over-wrought decoration to suggest luxury. His furniture had beautiful simple lines and his sculpting was unparalleled. Flat surfaces were lacquered, painted or shagreen or leather-covered.
In the early 1920s he formed a partnership with his son, Maurice, and together they produced furniture which incorporated metal and synthetic materials as well as woods.
Léon Jallot died in 1967.