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
Contemporary Slipper Chair of Generous Proportions
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
This slipper chair features a tall, curved backrest evocative of a violin with its legs echoing these curves in black lacquer with gilt highlights.
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 20...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Side Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Giltwood, Lacquer
NB 37, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Enamel
NB 16, Large-scale Painting of a Planet by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont, best-known as a very successful architect, was also an accomplished artist. In his painting practice, when not analyzing the smallest, most detailed creatures of the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Tripodal Walnut Floor Lamp by Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
Category
20th Century American Floor Lamps
Materials
Bronze, Steel
MS 16, Assemblage Insect Sculpture
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Thierry Despont was best-known for his very successful architectural practice—but he was also an accomplished artist. Some of his most interesting works are a series of sculptures f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Animal Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Pair of Art Deco-style Mahogany Folding Tables inspired by Otto Wretling
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables
Materials
Metal
Pair of Fluted and Flared Mid-century Vases
Located in New York, NY
These lamps came from the personal collection of Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023), perhaps best known for his architectural practice—which played integral roles in the restoration of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Cast Stone, Metal
Contemporary Bar Stool
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Stools
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
Charles Catteau for Kéramis, Art Deco Vase, Belgium, 1925
By Charles Catteau, Boch La Louviere
Located in New York, NY
Signed in ink: Ch. Catteau
Marked in ink: D.1009 (design number)
Incised: Grès Kéramis and 901 (shape number)
Stamped: Boch F es La Louvière made in Belgium
This vase displays Catte...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Deco Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
By Bernard Boutet de Monvel
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
By Bernard Boutet de Monvel
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
By Bernard Boutet de Monvel
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drawings
Materials
Paper
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