Incredible trips to Paul Bert Serpette

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INCREDIBLE TRAVEL IN PAUL BERT SERPETTE With its 350 booths displaying objects from ancient Greece to the 80s, Paul Bert Serpette is a perpetual journey through time. Each object is the testimony of a past history, of a bygone era, its splendor, its dreams and sometimes its dark hours. Through four exceptional pieces, both Paul Bert and Serpette, go back through the centuries and discover these golden ages where the journey rhymes with adventure, exploration and conquest!

Soup, silver, Odiot, circa 1900 James Levy , Alley 1, booth 100, Paul Bert Founded in 1690, the Odiot house became the Napoleon goldsmith under the Empire, which commanded him in particular the scepter and sword of the cradle of the King of Rome. The know-how and the exceptional work of this renowned house are read in this incredible soup tureen, a re-edition of the beginning of the century of a service designed in honor of the Emperor's campaign in Egypt.

Maison James , Alley 4, booth 20-22, Serpette.

From their expeditions to the end of the world, the intrepid travelers of the past centuries brought back spices, fabrics and jewels but also furniture. Thus, from this showcase in Japanese lacquer, a work whose delicacy and precision make it a treasure rare. Raised in relief, the landscapes and scenes that decorate it nourish the image of a Japan fantasized to refinement erected in the art of living.

Coronelli, Italy, circa 1900 Anger Antiquités , Alley 3, booth 3, Serpette.

Monk Franciscan, Coronelli builds his fame on the realization of monumental terrestrial and celestial globes. Such as those made for Louis XIV at the end of the sixteenth century, one representing the sky at the birth of the king, the other showing the sum of geographical knowledge. To these two masterpieces exposed to the BNF echoes more modestly this Italian edition of 1900. Impressive all the same by its imposing diameter, it traces on its surface a celestial vault where each mythological animal is a constellation. 

Sedan chair, 18th century Maison Lefèvre , Alley 2, Booth 101-103, Paul Bert.

Often the alleys of Paul Bert Serpette compete with the windows of the Carnavalet museum. Alley 2, one turns surprised on a chair ... to porters. In very good condition, with its four handles, antique frieze and wooden pompoms, it reminds us that man has always found ways to save and save his muscles, even if it means working others!