Lucien Rollin is born, on June 20th

enrolls at the Ecole Boulle in Paris

graduates then enters Jacques-Emile Ruhlman’s studio as designer

leaves Ruhlman and enrolls at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study architecture

associates with the architect Michel Roux-Spitz

opens his own design studio in Paris at the age of 22

shows each year his ensembles of furniture, rugs and lightings at the Salons des Artistes Décorateurs: his entries are exempted from jury after 1928 and he becomes a permanent Member of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs

visits the States: meets Frank Lloyd Wright

is sent by the French government to the Century of Progress exhibition in Chicago to make a study of architecture and design in view of the Paris Exhibition of 1937

receives highest award (gold medal) at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs from the French Président Lebrun’s hands

broadening of a Franco-American career

in New-York, designs and produces in a joint venture with W. & J. Sloane

in France, designs state-rooms for the Liner SS Normandie

receives two major awards (one of which being highest prize) at the International Exhibition of Brussels

is commissioned by the Mobilier National (French conservatory of State commissions of furniture and decoration) to design rooms for the French Embassy in Denmark

designs the interior decoration and furniture of the City Hall in Aubusson (capital of the French traditional tapestry)

is awarded the Grand Prix at the 1937 Paris International Exhibition and a Special Citation of the Jury exhibits and sells in New York at Sloane’s and in Chicago, at the Marshall Fields Gallery

redesigns the interior and furniture of the Bullock’s Wilshire Building in Los Angeles

exhibits at the Beaux Arts section of the French Exhibition in Le Caire

has a large participation (several rooms) in the French Pavillion of the New York World’s Fair

creation ends shortly after the War

spends the War in Aubusson, drawing a quantity of designs (mostly seats) of which few are produced at the time

is commissioned again by the Mobilier National to design offices for the Elysées Palace and Marechal De Lattre de Tassigny at the War Office (furniture still in service to date)

devotes himself to architecture and leaves furniture design field

retires in the South of France

deceases, on the 16th of January