{"product_id":"vintage-french-bronze-side-table-by-jacques-pierre-dufresne","title":"Vintage French Bronze Side Table by Jacques-Pierre Dufresne","description":"\u003cp\u003eA French bronze side table by Jacques-Pierre Dufresne, dating to the 1980s, with a presence that feels closer to a small work of architecture than conventional furniture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slender bronze frame rises in a precise geometric structure, supporting a smoked glass top that brings a sense of weight and transparency to the form. Beneath it, the framework continues downward with an almost skeletal quality, creating an interplay between solid bronze and open space.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe central sculptural figures, their elongated forms appear to move within the structure of the table, transforming what could have been a purely functional piece into something more theatrical and contemplative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe smoked glass softens the dark bronze, reflecting the surrounding light. A table suited to a room where furniture is treated as composition—placed beside a low chair, against a wall, or among other objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Jacques-Pierre Dufresne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn into an artistic lineage, Dufresne (1922–2014) grew up in the studio of his father, the painter Charles Dufresne, surrounded by the language of form and gesture. His own path unfolded amid the restless energy of postwar France—a moment when sculpture was rethinking itself, searching for new vocabularies between the classical and the abstract.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShaped by his friendship with neighbor Henri Laurens, Dufresne absorbed the discipline of structure and proportion while embracing the radical freedom of post-cubism. A member of the artist collective l’Échelle and a regular exhibitor at the Salon des Tuileries and Salon de Mai, he became part of a generation intent on reconciling the tactile with the conceptual—the body with the void.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"South Loop Loft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52659010601271,"sku":null,"price":10000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0740\/0135\/0967\/files\/5ISmHvwBWh6egXvTxPxa-avPpmRiWX40bF_cl0rMtkE.jpg?v=1787345434","url":"https:\/\/thesouthlooploft.com\/products\/vintage-french-bronze-side-table-by-jacques-pierre-dufresne","provider":"South Loop Loft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}