Explore the Art of the Past

Architectural bookcase composed of articulated wooden modules with parallel slats, assembled by metal pivots.

The accordion folding system allows flat storage and free reconfiguration: stepped, symmetrical or asymmetrical, according to space and use.

Wooden structure, fine period patina, original hardware.

Nine compartments in standard configuration.

A rare piece of 1970s Italian design.

Pair of lamps fashioned from saké jars (tobin) in grey-white glazed stoneware, Japan, first half of the 20th century.

Each jar displays on several faces calligraphic inscriptions in black ink under the glaze, executed with the brush with remarkable gestural energy — names of trading houses and merchant quarters (Yūkiya, Rokkōmachi) characteristic of commercial production of the Meiji–Taishō era. Stoneware body with slightly grainy ivory glaze, banded neck, squat ovoid form.

Traces of wear and natural patina consistent with age and original use.

Entirely new electrical fitting, carried out by a professional electrician, in accordance with current French standards.

Gilt brass socket. Conical natural linen shade included.

Available individually: €500 each

A rare pair of monumental glazed stoneware lamps by the Florentine ceramicist Marcello Fantoni (1915–2011), one of the foremost figures of twentieth-century Italian art ceramics, whose works are held in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza.

The hand-thrown ovoid bodies are covered in a poured glaze of remarkable chromatic subtlety: the creamy, frosted white of the upper section blends through a gradient into bluish grey and deep midnight blue, punctuated by ashen streaks. Flecks of pyrite and textured crystalline effects (characteristic of Fantoni’s explorations of materials) enrich the surface, at once granular and luminous, revealing his mastery of the kiln.

Each piece is signed by hand to the reverse.

The electrical fittings have been entirely renewed by a professional (new bulb holder and wiring). The cylindrical lampshades in natural ecru fabric were made to measure by a shade-maker from the Decorative Arts sector, in perfect harmony with the tonality of the ceramics.

Nine mouth-blown glass discs, each featuring a satin white opaline core encircled by a ring of clear crystal — such is the visual grammar of these wall lights from the Vistosi glassworks, one of the founding houses of Murano lighting.

Mounted on their original white-lacquered metal structure, the discs reveal upon illumination a diffuse, warm and luminous halo of great softness and great elegance.

An iconic signature of twentieth-century Italian design.

A doubly rare piece: by its generous square format and by the fact that it is presented as a matching pair, intact.

Sold as a pair.