This exceptional pair of candelabra is a masterpiece of the rocaille taste. Combining superbly crafted gilt bronzes with celebrated sculpted porcelain groups from the Meissen manufactory, it is the work of an eminent marchand mercier.

From the reign of Louis XIV to the close of the eighteenth century, high society cultivated a keen scientific curiosity: it surrounded itself with specialized objects and gathered for spectacular experiments.

Less well known than his son, the famous "BVRB," Bernard I Van Riesen Burgh was nonetheless one of the foremost cabinetmakers of the late reign of Louis XIV and the Régence period. His marquetry work, of exceptional richness, attracted a distinguished clientele.

Ten years ago, interior designer Jacques Garcia came to the gallery to celebrate the release of Twenty Years of Passion. Le Château du Champ de Bataille. On May 27, he will return to sign Thirty Years of Passion, which chronicles the latest developments of this monumental undertaking.

Created in the final years of Louis XIV's reign, this pair of candlesticks belongs to the tradition of the great furnishings commissioned by the Sun King. Executed after a model originally delivered to the king for Versailles and Marly, it embodies the bold and noble taste favored by the sovereign. Attributed to some of the…

A sculptor, bronze maker, and designer, Jean-Louis Prieur was one of the great creative figures of the second half of the eighteenth century. Across his work, he developed a refined Neoclassicism poised between the Greek taste and the arabesque.

In May 1945, the Monuments Men entered the Altaussee salt mine for the first time. Deep within its galleries, they discovered thousands of works of art in storage — paintings, drawings, sculptures, books, furniture, and decorative objects — all looted by the Nazis. What followed was an extraordinary mission of recovery and restitution.

Introduced to Europe in the 17th century, tea became one of the favorite hot beverages of Enlightenment-era aristocracy. At the crossroads of exoticism and Anglomania, it emerged in France as a defining marker of elite society and a central element of aristocratic sociability.

A painter, decorator, and art agent, Eugène Lami was one of the leading artistic figures of the 19th century. In the service of the Orléans and the Rothschild families, he contributed to the revival of interest in 18th-century decorative arts.

A cabinetmaker and later a dealer, Léonard Boudin enjoyed remarkable success and social ascent. Trained in the heart of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, he gradually established himself as one of the most prominent dealer of his time, serving a distinguished clientele.