Lacquer Sellette Rythme by Herve Langlais for Galerie Negropontes

Interior designer and architect Herve Langlais creates furniture with the purest of lines. His designs are enhanced by the elegance and inventiveness of the materials with which he works: torn wood, charred wood, white and ink colored Macassar ebony, soft granites, lacquer, bronze or galuchat. To create these objects that resemble fine jewelry, the gallery has partners of rare quality. Craftsmen that are passionate about their work and with whom Sophie Negropontes and Herve Langlais...

"Rythme" lacquer sellette by Hervé Langlais. Hervé Langlais is a graduate of the Normandy School of Architecture in Rouen. He collaborated with Paul Andreu for over fifteen years, w...

After having explored rare materials, then the sculptural aspects of design in the vein of Brancusi and finally graphics, Hervé Langlais devotes to color his fourth collection colored Abstractions for Galerie Negropontes. Hervé Langlais has chosen to highlight color by using pure geometric forms. Inspired by the artists of the geometric abstraction movement of the 1950s and 1960s, he uses the line as a structural base for his creations. From Josef Albers - professor at Bauhaus and instigator of Op Art - Langlais retains the observation of the interaction between colors and the importance of perception. The eye is the driving force behind the work which flirts with the decorative, the playful and aspects of fashion. Langlais' works allow for the transition from flat, pictorial references to his 3D vision. Thus the side tables and Nénuphar table use the circle. For this fourth collection, the designer was also inspired by Italy, and more particularly by its great luxury houses and jewellers. Prada and Marni showcase the same colorful eclecticism: Refined and audacious. With this in mind Langlais has chosen to dress his pieces using lacquer...

"Rythme" lacquer sellette by Hervé Langlais. Hervé Langlais is a graduate of the Normandy School of Architecture in Rouen. He collaborated with Paul Andreu for over fifteen years, w...

This side table or sellette was made in the late 19th century. This chinese style sellette is typical of the Napoléon III périod. The entire frame is made of bamboo. Each tray is la...

"Herve'" is an outdoor table or corner element, designed by Lievore Altherr and manufactured by Driade, featuring a steel structure, with an embossed painting in grayish olive green color, and a cushion filled with Solotex and polyurethane foams. Indoor and outdoor use. DIMENSIONS: D. 29.5", W. 26.3", H. 11.4" Herve' is a garden and outdoor design collection inspired by natural forms, as it features a thin metal structure interlaced with the backrest in order to create a pleasant decoration recalling plants, bushes and branches, sporting a sober and refined taste. Several seatings are given form by these branches changed into thin metallic rod. Differently sized cushions make seatings comfortable. This outdoor collection offers different solutions for outdoors relax, including a two-seat sofa, a single element and two-seat left hand or right hand terminal, a coffee table or ottoman and a corner ottoman...

"Herve'" is an outdoor ottoman or table, designed by Lievore Altherr and manufactured by Driade, featuring a steel structure, with an embossed painting in grayish olive green color, and a cushion filled with Solotex and polyurethane foams. Indoor and outdoor use. DIMENSIONS: D. 26.7", W. 26.7", H. 11.4" Herve' is a garden and outdoor design collection inspired by natural forms, as it features a thin metal structure interlaced with the backrest in order to create a pleasant decoration recalling plants, bushes and branches, sporting a sober and refined taste. Several seatings are given form by these branches changed into thin metallic rod. Differently sized cushions make seatings comfortable. This outdoor collection offers different solutions for outdoors relax, including a two-seat sofa, a single element and two-seat left hand or right hand terminal, a coffee table or ottoman and a corner ottoman...

Very nice Louis 16 style sellette from the Napoleon 3 period. The top is made of white marble, the legs are connected by a spacer forming a top. The Lou...