The first sketch and idea of this archair are dated 1961. Maxime Old studied it for the VIP patio of ocean liner France. Then he decided to focus on first class main lounge. He saved the VIP deck armchair in his files for another opportunuty. In 1965 he executed a...

His customers as his students said “The first contact with Maxime Old was impressive, not easy… But soon, breakaway leaded to emptiness”. Many of them became cloth friends. What happened in this customer relationship?

Let’s start from the childhood: Maxime Old was born on December 13, 1910 in Maisons Alfort close to Paris. His father, Louis, of german origine, was a cabinetmaker and woodcarver whose business was established in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine area of Paris. Maxime’s mother, Maximilienne, was of Italian origin, and she...

Up to the end of his middle school years, Maxime Old was a good schoolboy, the son of an artisan specializing in cabinet-making. Entering the Boulle School initiated a period of change, and it was the beginning of a number of minor “initiatives” that broke away from the disciplinary boundaries of...

According to Maxime Old, art furniture is a true team art-work. The designer creates the virtual piece (his vision) and delivers its coded full description so that his team can execute it.