French Modern

A fresh and unconventional approach to exploring 6,000 years of art history through 800 masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Featuring more than 800 artworks from the ...

In 1931, aged 29, Jean Royère (1902-1981) resigned from a comfortable position in the import-export trade in order to set up business as an interior designer. He learnt his new trade in the cabinetmaking workshops of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris. In 1934, he designed the new layout of the Brasserie Carlton on the Champs Elysées and found immediate success, embarking upon an international career that was to endure for nearly half a century. Royère tackled all kinds of decoration work and opened branches in the Near East and Latin America; among his patrons were King Farouk, King Hussein...

A scarce hardback book with its original dust jacket which is in good condition, it is a photographic record of Who's Who in international society in the mid 20th century and the lavish costume parties and masqued balls which they attended. Anticipated for months and discussed for decades, these legendary parties...

Jules Leleu (1883-1961). Set of six beechwood armchairs, "fauteuils de paquebot", with coiled armrest supports, reupholstered with dark green leather, standing on four slightly arch...

Restored beech Art Deco armchair by Jules Leleu. Period : 1920 -1929 Source : France Designed by Jules Leleu, a French designer at the top of French 20th Century decoration who dis...

Featuring 125 seminal cookbooks from the last 100 years, Cookbook Book is a celebration of the world's most beautiful, influential and informative cookbooks. From the tried-and-tr...

A spectacular, visually rich monograph on one of the most visionary architecture firms of the 21st century led by 2016 Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena Elemental, based in San...

pp Text by Leopold Diego Sanchez. "A testimony of rigour and timelessness that today make us think that more than a decorator, Jean-Michel Frank is a precursor, who, starting with a ...

A vintage "Calder's Universe" art book by Gloria Jean Lipman, circa 1980. The book is in good vintage condition (several small tears to the dust jacket) and measures 10.25"W x 11"H....

Jules Leleu: A fine French Art Deco walnut armchair with bronze sabots. Original Aubusson tapestry (in vintage condition).

This is a catalogue produced by Galerie Jacques de Vos in 1988 for an exhibition that they held of furniture which was in various private collections, so it was rarely seen by the pu...

Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941) is a mythical figure in the decorative arts. His style described as "poor luxury" is just as paradoxical as his life between parties and solitude, with ...