How to decorate your restaurant with works of art?

Creating an inspiring place

From bars displaying works of art, to brasseries featuring famous decorators, to restaurants decorated by designers, brands are increasingly striving to create inspiring and unforgettable places to offer their customers an out-of-the-ordinary experience.

Managers of these gastronomic venues are increasingly turning to artists, decorative painters or consulting agencies specialising in the search for works of art to decorate restaurants, cafés, bars and brasseries. Others are looking on their own for the work of art or object of art that could tell the story of their establishment.

Bridge table by Pierluigi Molinari for Pozzi

Suspension by Yves Faucheur

Art Deco coffee table in rosewood and glass

Stainless steel dinner service, Lundtofte and Dana DfaParisian architectural engraving

Entrust your restaurant to a designer, invest in a piece of furniture from the 1960s, hang a photograph or prints, or a designer light fixture. So many possibilities to arouse curiosity and amaze customers in search of unusual places.

How do you choose the interior design for your restaurant?

As we've already said, a restaurant is no longer just a gastronomic venue, but a real place to live, where customers like to meet, chat and, why not, admire the masterpieces that decorate it. Especially since today's consumers expect to be inspired by the place, to know its history and to interact with the space.

Each element chosen for the décor must tell this story and reinforce the brand's identity. An authentic work of art, a Rococo mirror, an antique or vintage light fixture make a lasting impression and transform any space.

Exploiting the potential of art to enhance the identity of your brasserie, bar or restaurant

Art has great potential for creating lively, surprising and authentic spaces that enable a brand to stand out from the competition.

Works of art appeal to customers' sensibilities. A marble bust, Sèvres porcelain vases, a retro chandelier, an antique column, Giotto Stoppino chairs or iconic pieces such as Pierre Chapo's S15 armchair tell the story of a brand in different ways, and their discovery engages customers. Many luxury restaurants, cafés and trendy Parisian brasseries have experienced this.

Pair of engravings depicting the interior of a palace

S15 armchair, Pierre Chapo

Gilded bronze coffee table, Maison Baguès

For example, the café Fringe, a small coffee shop in the Marais district, presents photographs by the American artist Jeff Hargrove, or the Select in Montparnasse, whose walls host art exhibitions all year round: paintings, prints, illustrations...

Restaurant decoration: a long history

This decorative trend has a long history dating back to the Belle Epoque in the early 20th century. At that time,Art Nouveau, which was in vogue, made fluid and vegetal ornaments popular, andArt Deco, which was in its early stages, spread its geometric patterns. Restaurants vied with each other in beauty with mosaics, fairy-tale frescoes, stained glass windows and sumptuous columns, as witnessed by the Fermette Marbeuf in Paris with its immense stained glass window from 1898 and its five thousand ceramic tiles, a pure masterpiece of the Art Nouveau style.

Very large still life painting by Gapare Dei Fiori

Whether it is a sixties, nineteenth century or a mix of styles, artworks and monumental settings give an immersive charm and authenticity to these places, and this creates a lasting emotional bond with customers through the quality of the settings and the power of storytelling.