About WA Design Gallery
The aim of WA Design Gallery is to underline the true connection between masterpieces of Japanese and French designers. Beyond time and borders, traditional Japanese arts and Occidental Modernism share the same purity culture. This one is based on a harmony search, a perfect balance (« wa » in Japanese) : unnecessary ornamentations are out and simple forms are in to enhance the materials inherent qualities, even in their imperfections. It glorifies endless emptiness wealth, virtually full of all possible interpretations. WA create a bridge between the Orient and the Occ...Read More
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Featured Pieces
Jacques Andrieux Virgule Lamp
By Jacques Andrieux
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
"Virgule" lamp by the French designer Jacques Andrieux made of polished and patinated bronze
Limited edition of 8: signed and numbered 4A/8.
Category
2010s French Table Lamps
Materials
Bronze
Hiroshige The River Tone
By Hiroshige
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
This print is an etching by the famous Japanese artist Hiroshige (1797-1858) called "The River Tone".
Exact dimensions : 33,5 x 21,5 cm
Posthumous print...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Prints
Materials
Paper
Christian Durupt Meribel Dining Set, Fours Chairs and One Circular Table
By Christian Durupt
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A “Méribel” dinning set by Christian Durupt
A table and four chairs in tinted wood
Model designed for the ski resort station Meribel (France) on which he worked with Charlotte Perr...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Chairs
Materials
Wood
Charlotte Perriand Berger Stool
By Charlotte Perriand
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
“Berger” stool by Charlotte Perriand
Mahogany
Issued by Steph Simon, France
circa 1956.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Stools
Materials
Mahogany
José Lévy Set of Yama Tana Shelves, Uniques Pieces for WA Design Gallery Edition
By José Lévy
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
Set of 7 wall shelves and one vase in Nero Marquina marble
Yama Tana have numerous meanings: by their origins and their forms, these marble creations are the paths leading to some upside-down Japanese landscapes.
Thanks to the vision of a gallery, the talent of a designer and the know-how of a marble maker, this set composed of shelves and vases came to the surface: they are the meeting points of creative and poetic dialogues between José Lévy...
Category
2010s French Shelves
Materials
Marble
Swedish Stump Chair
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
Armchair in pine
This is a Swedish work called a stump chair.
With a clamshell seat
circa 1950.
Category
Vintage 1950s Swedish Armchairs
Materials
Pine
Set of six chairs from the Sumi Memorial Hall by Kenzo Tange
By Kenzō Tange
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
Set of four chairs, “Sumi Memorial Hall” by Kenzo Tange.
Plywood, fabric and aluminium.
Manufactured by Tendo Mokko, Japan.
Each with editor’s label under the seat with Japanese kanjis...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Chairs
Materials
Aluminum
Set of Four Meribel Chairs by Christian Durupt
By Christian Durupt
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A set of four “Meribel” chairs by the French designer Christian Durupt
Beech
Model designed for the ski resort station Meribel (France) on which he...
Category
Vintage 1950s French Chairs
Materials
Beech
Painting So by Michiko Itatani
By Michiko Itatani
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
An abstract painting on canvas called "So" by the Japanese artist Michiko Itatani.
Signed “Michiko Itatani” and with artist’s cipher, at the back on t...
Category
Vintage 1970s Japanese Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Set of Twelve Chairs by Isamu Kenmochi
By Isamu Kenmochi
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A set of twelve chairs by the Japanese designer Isamu Kenmochi, in maple & Pierre Frey fabric, manufactured by Akita Mokko, Japan, circa 1960.
Category
Vintage 1960s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Maple
Large Cup by Odile Noll
By Odile Noll
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A freeform large cup by the french artist Odile Noll, in solid ebony sculpted in direct carving & polished, engraved with the artist’s signature « ONoll » o...
Category
Vintage 1960s French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ebony
Freeform Armchair from the American Craft Movement, circa 1950-1960
Located in Lille, Hauts-de-France
A wonderful freeform armchair in olive tree
Unique piece from the American Craft Studio Movement
1950-1960.
Category
Vintage 1950s American American Craftsman Armchairs
Materials
Wood
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