Georges Laurent

The Constantine blackened oak storage cabinet features slatted doors entirely constructed and finished by hand, with brass details, adjustable shelf. and...

Luxurious Mohair velvet upholstered Orchidée "lady & senior" lounge chairs by Michel Cadestin for Airborne International, France, 1968 “Orchidée” was one of the Cadestin models that were ordered by the Centre Pompidou Museum in Paris We fully restored these chairs with high quality 100% mohair wool velvet fabric "Musco" by De Ploeg In this process we preserved the old and original Airborne marked old upholstery from under the cushions and used it again The large model has 4 caster wheels to move the chair around in a space About the designer: Michel Cadestin was born in France in 1942. He is an interior designer and architect and through his work, he wishes to offer a functional and fun design accessible to the majority. A prolific designer, he has experienced with diverse forms and materials during his career. His creations are varied as evidenced by the furniture intended for the Center Georges Pompidou, such as the Karate armchair...

This cabinet is constructed of entirely solid oak wood finished in India ink and beeswax. Solid wood legs with adjustable feet and brass adjustable shelf hardware...

A wood cabinet designed and produced in the US, c. 1940s. Dimensions: 32.75” H x 33” W x 19.25” D

Incredible carved wood storage cabinet from France, 1940s. Beautiful intricately carved wood leaf design on two front doors with original brass hardware. Lovely wavy wood detail on t...

Orchidee Lounge Chairs by Michel Cadestin for Airborne, France 1968. Original upholstery is excellent condition. Sofa sold in separate lis...

Mid-century veneered wooden cabinet with built-in archive storage. This elegant cabinet features large side shelves, while the central doors open to reveal numerous convenient stora...

Each very sturdy and wonderful generous scale with serpentine carved crestrail over a pierced splat with carving and drop in upholstered seat raised on cabriole legs with ball and cl...

Set of Eight Designer Chairs, stackable. Beautiful design , most likely made of ash.

Vintage curved wooden bench, beautifully constructed from tightly joined slats. Sourced from a defunct Dutch train station. Lovely conversation seating...

Very comfortable "Orchidée" lounge chair by Michel Cadestin for Airborne International. This model is produced in France in 1968. The ...

IMPORTANT CABINET WITH TWO BODY IN BLACKENED WOOD CARVED AND ENGRAVED ORIGIN: FRANCE PERIOD: 17TH CENTURY Height: 188 cm Width: 135 cm Depth: 53.5 cm Blackened wood and veneer: rosewood, ebony, pear, mahogany Framed in oak wood A real ceremonial piece of furniture, this two-part cabinet opens with two historiated panels and two drawers in the upper part and two leaves and two belt drawers in the lower part. Richly worked, it offers both inside and outside a floral decoration, finely engraved which contrasts with the importance given to geometric lines. This duality, typical of this type of cabinet, confirms its dating and its origin. In addition, the gilded metal locks and fittings enhance the sumptuous trait of this piece of furniture and also contribute to its ornamentation. Furniture of predilection for “enclosing the most precious things” (Furetière, Dictionnaire, 1690) the appearance of cabinets in the 16th century accompanied the development of wunderkammern, these cabinets of curiosities enriched both by the vogue for the antique and by distant expeditions which bring back with them natural wonders and rare testimonies of distant civilisations. The curious, combining fortune and culture, brings together antique medals, rare plants, fossils, or oriental ornaments. This meeting of pieces which embodies much more than their material reality, a subjective evocation of all the riches of the earth and all the knowledge of men, acts in the eyes of its owner like a microcosm of which he is the master and which he enjoys according to his will. This is how the first cabinets were designed to be transportable, often wooden structures calling for riches only those they housed for a collector who refused to part with them, even temporarily. In the 17th century, the cabinet gained in technical complexity and luxurious materials until it could no longer be moved itself and became a prized and expensive collector’s item...