Creating an inspiring placeBars that display works of art, brasseries invested by famous decorators, restaurants decorated by designers: brands are increasingly striving to create a place that inspires. ... Read more

Georges Och, a great unknownGeorges Och was a French landscape painter born in 1798. To date, little is known about the life and work of this artist, who rubbed shoulders with the tea world. ... Read more

"Romantic Paris, 1815-1848": the exhibition-event at the Petit Palais From May 22 to September 15, 2019, the Petit Palais presents "Romantic Paris", an immersive exhibition that plunges us into... ... Find out more

 "Eight mahogany chairs lined up against the white-painted panelling. An old piano supported, under a barometer, a pyramidal pile of boxes and cartons. Two tapestry shepherds' chairs flanked ... Read more

Birth of the Art nouveau styleThe desire to create a new art, understood as a new art form, emerged very early, at the end of the 18th century, and preoccupied many theorists and artists. ... Read more

A set of Empire-style furniture in mahogany and mahogany veneer decorated with chased and gilded bronzes. It includes a large dining room table, a suite of 12 gondola-back chairs and a ... Read more

Salon set in the "retour d'Égypte" style comprising a sofa, two chairs, two armchairs and a pedestal table with mahogany frame and chased and gilded bronze decoration. The sofa and pai ... more

The peaceful and prosperous reign of Louis XV (1715-1774) saw a prodigious development of the arts, letters and sciences. The construction of new palaces, the blossoming of painting and art, and the development of the ... Read more

The Empire style developed under the impetus of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821), who reigned from 1804 to 1815. The first beginnings of the Empire style can be traced back to the Directoire period (1795-1799). ... Read more

After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo on June 18, 1815, power in France was taken over by Louis XVI's two brothers: the Comte de Provence, who reigned as Louis XVIII (1815-1823) and the Comte de Provence, who reigned as Louis XVIII (1823). ... Read more