Corinne Lexcellent and Henri Pelazzo, The Lovers of Antiquities
If you know Henri, you know Corinne. If you know Corinne, you know Henri. And if you do not know them, ask around where are "les Lyonnais". Immanuelably, we will tell you the 12 alley 3 in Serpette. Knowledge of an endearing couple, throwing "Hello", "Hello", "Ciao" into the hearts of the morning decorators on Friday, who all stop at their booths. While one shows, advises, explains, In the background, carefully note what the client has retained to immediately start with his list in hand. Efficient, fast and neat. A real teamwork
A DROUOT RENCONTRE Son of a merchant, Henri, still a student, decides to go for a walk on the Drouot side to perfect his knowledge of the Chance environment of life, he meets another trainee, Corinne, equally passionate but not the All of the seraglio. It is his grandfather cabinetmaker who has transmitted to him the love of objects and matter. Quickly an obvious impossibility. These two will work together, join their forces and go to two in search of " Antiquities After the theory learned at Drouot, it is time to move on to practice. They then crisscross the roads of France, from North to South, without a fixed point. From fair to unpacking, from unpacking to fair, they go antiquing, buy and sell furnitures to merchant. They learn on the ground both the geography of France and its history through its furniture or paintings. Soon they have gone around and aspire to settle. On the road all the paths of the antique dealers. To the Flea of Saint-Ouen and more precisely to Paul Bert Serpette. It is there that must be, that is where they put their bags in 2000
ONLY ONE RULE IS THAT IT IS NOT " One never twice chops the same object , theorizes Henri, and that is what makes rise each morning " There is all the salt of this trade : The unexpected, the chance, the even the irrational. Never find what we seek, let ourselves be surprised and bet on the piece that sticks in your eye. It is a game where you can not control everything. And where the lover has a role to play Sometimes, in their chin in duet, the Lyonnais disagree. The other becomes the first person to convince, his first client. It is also and especially a safeguard: he Reason sometimes, reassures often and always allows not to stray en route. This inseparable binomial thus found its balance
THE CHOICE OF ANACHRONISM No grammar that holds in the matter of decoration! Henri and Corinne laugh at the concordances of time. On their stand, the scenography ignores Bescherelle. An imposing golden brass bouquet of the Seventies alongside a convenient Rhône Valley XVIII walnut which itself does not blush from its neighborhood with two tables by Robert Thibier. Their stand is an atmosphere, a fantasy interior where they would like to live. And this is the drama of every merchant: owning for a limited time what one likes but always having to part with it. Because their first Love to both, it is the object that always finds them even when they do not seek it " It never leaves you " Thus of that Christmas Eve, gone in search of the gifts of last minute, they both fall Nose-to-nose with a magnificent chandelier Baguès in a shop in Bastille Without professional money, they convince the saleswoman who closed shop to wait for them Henri runs for money and car while Corinne waits for him s luster. A real team, I tell you. Paulbert-serpettecom / antique dealers / pelazzo-lexcellent-antiquites "> Corinne Lexcellent & Henri Pelazzo, stand 12, allée 3, Serpette
See also:
François-Xavier Chamagne, the demand of youth