David Guéron

David Guéron (1892 – 1950), of Turkish origin was outstanding successful in personal life and in business. He participated in the First World War fighting at the Western Front, luckily being just wounded and received a pension after he recovered.

He first started producing glass in 1920s when he opened up “Cristalleries De Compiegne”, a glassworks factory in Compiègne, a city close to Paris, before specialising in luxury glassware. When he started his own artful glass design making “Degué” and was finally appreciated by the public. Guéron decided to focus his efforts mostly on the production of luxury glassware and opened up second factory, the “Verrerie D’Art Degué” in Paris  in 1926.

“Verrerie D’Art Degué” produced a wide range of art glass, and French Art Deco plaffoniers were his most successful products. He manufactured his chandeliers using a whole range of colours, not hesitating to copy production designs of Daum, Muller Frères, and especially Charles Schneider, with whom he has legal sui. The legal battle was too pricy for both parties and was eventually one of the reasons both enterprises had to close down in spite of Schneider eventually won.

The start of Second World War put an end of  “Verrerie D’Art Degué” and forced Guéron to shut down the factory in 1939. David Guéron left France for the United States during the war period. Glass products signed Degué are today still very valued by lovers of Art Deco style.

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