Robert Charroy, attributed to.

Mobilor, edited by.

Desk in oak and metal. Light blue melamine top, covered with a transparent glass. Tubular legs in black lacquered metal. Box with two drawers.

This desk is part of a line of furniture made for the equipment of the university residence of the city of Antony.

French work made in 1955.

Robert Charroy is a French designer active during the post-war period. He succeeded Jacques Hitier as furniture designer at Mobilor. In the early 1950s, he designed furniture with a tubular structure and warm materials such as wood, fabric but also synthetic coverings like vinyl or formica.

Mobilor is a manufacturer specialized in furniture for communities. It was particularly active after the war with its designers Jacques Hitier and Robert Charroyen proposing, among other things, tubular furniture for schools and university residences such as the one in Antony. Mobilor was bought out in 1961 by the Guitel-Etienne company to take the name Guitel Etienne Mobilor (then Guitel)