Micael Dumas Lucite Design

Micael Dumas was a French designer whose work from the 1970s shows masterful use of lucite. This chess game comes with a metal board and we found another set that comes in the original case. Easy to ship! The “Dumas” … Continue reading

#ParisDesignWeek Highlights from AD Interieurs and Now! Le Off

One can’t help but sense the lofty ideals, optimism about the future and nationalistic pride embodied in the grand Modern gestures of the Palais d’Iena. Designed by Auguste Perret for the Exposition Universelle de 1937,  it includes a monumental sweeping staircase … Continue reading

Advice on Collecting – An interview with Susan Mumford of Be Smart About Art

  We fell in love with a London-based weekly newsletter about art earlier this year. It’s called Sunday Reading and is produced by Susan Mumford, an American in London, who is the founder of two organizations that provide support to art … Continue reading

Artecase Update

Rare M2 and M3 ceiling lights by Joseph André Motte at Galerie Pascal Cuisinier for Art-Saint-Germain des Pres. Motte was one of the first French designers to use perspex in this specific interlocking design. Each light is made up of four … Continue reading

Collectible design Private Sale in Paris

Furniture For Sale from the Private Collection of an Art Advisor in Paris These items are all in good condition and priced to sell.contact@arte-case.com or +33 6 22 37 44 72We will help arrange shipping. Hanging PULP lamp by Jo Meesters, 2008, Purchased from Tools … Continue reading

Friday Finds!

This is a set of six 19th/Early 20th Century Scholars chairs from Shandong, an Eastern province in China.  They would look great in a formal dining room or a more contemporary setting.The pair is offered for about 300 Euros Same … Continue reading

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The playful ‘Domino’ mirror by Hubert Le Gall

We love the fluid and amorphous design of this 2006 ‘Domino’ mirror (Edition Avant-Scene) by Hubert Le Gall (b. 1961) in Artcurial’s 25 June sale. It is made of brass and gold leaf (h:153cm w:90cm d:2cm). Entirely self-taught, Le Gall’s … Continue reading

Joel Stein

We also saw some paintings by Joel Stein in a gallery on the Rive Gauche. They were rather mesmerizing. Our eyes kept being drawn toward them while we were discussing other objects.  Rumor has it that Hermès has been inspired … Continue reading