Table in oak, Jean Prouvé, 1947
Edouard Demachy , Allée 5, Stand 16, Serpette
Attention, rare piece! This is one of the first tables that came out of the post-war Jean Prouvé workshop near Nancy. Elegant and without frills, its simplicity perfectly meets the requirements of architectural furniture: economy of means, maximum utility and accessibility to the greatest number. Its lacquered brace "yellow Prouvé" the sign. A detail will astonish the connoisseurs: its measurements. 1m85 long, it's small for du Prouvé! The dimensions will extend a few years later ...
Robot Lamp, Torino, 1970
Stanislas Reboul , Allée 6, Stand 228, Paul Bert
Here is a lamp completely in the spirit Paul Bert Serpette: improbable, intriguing and rare. Very rare even as little produced, it knows no reissue. And the impeccable condition of it is remarkable. Switch on the switch, the robot comes alive with light: its head and hands will distract the most sober interiors. Torino design offers a bright nod to childhood and science fiction dreams.
Miniature, early XIX
Thierry & Marion Attanasio , Allée 1, Stand 7, Serpette
In the window, in the midst of trinkets, a delightful miniature smiled, looking pensive, looking at something that escaped us. Of Napoleon 1st period, this ivory painting, in its original setting, recalls by the pose of the model the work of the great miniaturist Jean-Urbain Guérin. And yet ... the delicacy of the line would rather refer to the work of a painter. This portrait is a masterpiece hypnotizing even better than those known to Guerin.
50 years service
Christine and Jean-Jacques Genin , Allée 3, Stand 165, Paul Bert
Its color, original, challenges. A sustained coral surrounded by four black feet mounted on wheels. Purified, all in straight and perpendicular lines, this post-war service is a model of simplicity and good taste. Less is more proclaims. Its two sliding side trays allow to modulate the object and to play on the space that it occupies. Very modernist in appearance, it evokes the Bauhaus spirit, which demanded a total correspondence between form and function.
Chandelier Baguès, 1940, gilded bronze and crystal
Carmina , Allée 1, Stand 38, Serpette
Auvergne House founded in 1840, Baguès is the reference in old chandelier. Restored in its bronze and crystal of origin, this chandelier of 1940 is emblematic of the style of the house which conjugates with brilliance elegance and excellence. Hand-crafted, the crystals flourish on the gilded bronze and radiate throughout the room illuminated by a French know-how never equaled.
Room 1264, Pierre Guariche, 1961
Aurélien Jeauneau , Allée 6, Stand 93, Paul Bert
This creation by Pierre Guariche is one of the very first editions of the collaboration with Meurop. The Belgian publishing house hired the French designer, a member of UAM, in 1957, as head of the furniture department. Effectively sober, this creation of Guariche resists to the fashions and still adapts today to any living room.
Cabinet Renaissance genois period XVIIIth century
James House , Allée 4, Stand 22, Serpette
This superb 18th century walnut cabinet holds many surprises ... Richly sculpted, its decor conceals an ingenious system of storage with drawers and doors. Each nook is a jewel of ornamental precision to better deceive the one who would dare to explore this cabinet. Perfect for concealing the precious and the secret, many caches are inserted inside the drawers. So much so that one would almost perish there! Reasonably sized, this enigmatic furniture will fit perfectly into a contemporary interior.
Sunburst, wall clock, George Nelson, 1955
Pablo Parra , Allée 6, Stand 232, Paul Bert
Time passes but the design remains. Tirelessly, the needles turn on this star of American creation. Signed George Nelson and edited by Howard Miller, this clock continues to inspire contemporary designers. Destructured and aerial, it trots on the wall of which it brims the lines. It would give relief to any flat surface. Less well known than the Ball Clock, drawn in a night of drunkenness among friends, she nevertheless shares with her sister a certain fantasy and irreverence dear to an America then all powerful.
Art Deco Lighting
Roger Zerbib for Radovan Haltuf , Alley 4, Stand 10, Serpette
Among the diversity of Art Deco lights that populate this stand, one reigns supreme. Its imposing span, unusual for the style and the time, raises the eyes to the sky. For nearly a meter in diameter, it deploys its cubist lines. Signed Degué, a great pre-war glassmaker, this chandelier from the 1930s is accompanied by an entrance lantern and a pair of sconces.
Sculpture 1920, Style Maillol, Louis Dejean
On 7 , Allée 7, Stand 7, Paul Bert
This feminine bust imposes. Its body and its camber take again the canon characteristic of the school of French sculpture between 1920 and 1940. In direct height, it evokes the laced women of Maillol. His sculptures, which for the first time privilege form over the idea. We are still looking for its origin, but everything indicates that this is the work of a great sculptor of the inter-war period.
