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.

A major work by one of the greatest cabinetmakers of the late 18th century, Jean-Henri Riesener, this desk revisits the model developed by Jean-François Œben in the early 1760s, presenting a particularly refined Neoclassical version. Its presence in prestigious English collections as early as the 19th century attests to the strong interest of British collectors…

Designer, model-maker, and ornamentalist, Richard de Lalonde (1735–1808) was one of the leading figures of French Neoclassicism. Still little studied today, he produced a rich and original body of work.

On the occasion of TEFAF Maastricht 2026, Galerie Léage has assembled a remarkable group of furniture and works of art originating from the collections of various members of the Rothschild family. Taken together, they testify to a learned, refined and colourful taste that finds a particularly striking expression in the French decorative arts of the…

Hard-paste porcelain, the much-coveted “white gold” of the eighteenth century, was initially the exclusive preserve of the Meissen manufactory. Its artisans and chemists developed a paste, colors, forms, and decorative motifs that revolutionized the art of European ceramics.

A master bronzier and cabinetmaker, Charles Cressent established himself in the first half of the eighteenth century as one of the most celebrated artisans working in Paris. By uniting these two professions, he created furniture of remarkable luxury and originality.