About Maison Gerard
Maison Gerard was founded by Gerardus A. Widdershoven in 1974. The gallery quickly established a reputation as New York’s premier source for fine French Art Deco furniture, lighting, and objets d’art. In addition to presenting important works of Jean-Michel Frank, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, and Jules Leleu, the gallery has been instrumental in building numerous private and public collections, notably the collection of Walter Chrysler Jr. (now housed in the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, VA), and the Design Collection of the Utsonomia Museum in Japan. Today, Maison Gerard exhi...Read More
Established in 19741stDibs seller since 2003
Associations
The Art and Antique Dealers League of America
20th Century Specialists
Antiques Associations Members
Featured Pieces
Boleslaw Danikowski, Ceramic Relief of Abstract King and Queen, France, C. 1970
By Boleslaw Danikowski
Located in New York, NY
Intricately sculpted, this panel depicts a stylized king and queen in low relief. Son of Polish farmers in Northern France, he was apprenticed after the war to a potter's workshop wh...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Jules Leleu, Pair of Armchairs, France, mid-20th century
By Jules Leleu
Located in New York, NY
Inscribed in pencil under upholstery: Brocatelle Horus by Prelle
Stamped: 17405
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Brass
Jouve France, Tétons, Panel Mounted with 15 Black Ceramic Tiles, France, C. 1965
By Georges Jouve
Located in New York, NY
This is a fine collection of fifteen rare Téton tiles expertly mounted onto a contemporary honeycomb polypropylene panel. The panel and mounting materials are archival and 100% rever...
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
Jean Derval, Fish-shaped Fountain, France, C. 1980
By Jean Derval
Located in New York, NY
Stoneware fountain in the shape of a large fish. In 1980, Jean Derval created a very similar fish pattern in bas-relief to decorate a fountain in the garden of his friend, the tapest...
Category
Vintage 1980s Mid-Century Modern Fountains
Materials
Ceramic
Charles Schneider, Round Iron Chandelier with Roses, France, circa 1920
By Charles Schneider
Located in New York, NY
The Schneider glass factory was founded in the Paris region in 1909 by Charles Schneider (1881-1953) and his brother Ernest. Both were trained in Nancy, eastern France, a major cente...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Hervé van der Straeten, Pair of Pirouette Alabaster Sconces, France, 2012
By Herve Van Der Straeten
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary patinated bronze and alabaster sconces (facing opposite directions) by French designer and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Hervé van der Straeten.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Alabaster, Bronze
After Claude Boeltz, Bronze Eclaté Table Lamp, France, 1970s
By Claude Victor Boeltz
Located in New York, NY
As with much of Boeltz's celebrated work, this remarkable lamp is an explosion of 24kt gold plating, set with a beautiful amethyst crystal.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Table Lamps
Materials
Stone, Brass, Bronze
Mark Brazier-Jones, Giant Ambassador Marquis, Chandelier, UK, 2014
By Mark Brazier-Jones
Located in New York, NY
Tzar by Mark Brazier-Jones is a sparkling arrangement of light steel set with a myriad of jewel-like semi-spheres of glass. This remarkable, symmetric cluster of refracting and refle...
Category
2010s British Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Édouard-Wilfrid Buquet, EB 27 STL, Adjustable Floor Lamp, France, c 1927 / 1990
Located in New York, NY
A perfect illustration of the Modernist dictum form follows function, the EB 27 STL lamp boasts an exceptionally fluid counterweight system that, together with articulated joints and...
Category
1990s French Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Small Bronze Four-arm Chandelier, France, Circa 1925
Located in New York, NY
This modestly proportioned chandelier has a quiet, classical charm rich, its four curving arms echoing the drapery relief on its fluted column.
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Bronze
Angelo Lelii for Arredoulce, Triennale, Mid-century Italian Floor Lamp
By Arredoluce, Angelo Lelii
Located in New York, NY
Floor lamp with three articulated arms, each conical shade enameled in different colors. Marked "Made in Italy / Arredoluce Monza"
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Metal
Harry Balmer for Laurel, Brutalist Floor Lamp with Table, United States, 1960s
By Harry Balmer, Laurel
Located in New York, NY
The tripodal base of this striking floor lamp is a brutalist sculpture formed of intersecting, raw-edged steel planes and wires that supports the circular glass surface.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Floor Lamps
Materials
Steel
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