Produced by the American firm Knoll beginning in 1956, the Tulip table by the designer Eero Saarinen broke existing norms by offering innovative series and technology.   The production firm Knoll   The company

Knoll was founded in 1938 by Hans Knoll. Son of a leading German furniture producer, he emigrated to the United States. Knoll was close to the Bauhaus concept and leading

figures in the 20th century design and architecture world. His wife, Florence, played a decisive role in the development of the (...) Read more

This gigantic "Joe" model sofa armchair shaped as a baseball glove was designed in 1970 by Jonathan De Pas, Donato D'Urbino and Paolo Lomazzi. Initially, they directed their production around

modular and inflatable furniture. Their shapes were fun and useful, like the "Joe" armchair resembling a monumental sculpture. It consists of a steel and polyurethane-structure upholstered with leather and assembled

by a lacing system and signed "Joe" at the bottom. This chair is a tribute to the baseball player Joe Di Maggio (...) Read more

Who was Claude Hoin?   Claude Hoin was born in Dijon and came from a family of surgeons. However, his destiny was painting. He joined François Devosges’s studio in 1768. Subsequently he

continued  his training in Jean Baptiste Greuze’s studio in Paris. Since the Salon at the Louvre was reserved for members of the Royal Academy, he participated in the Salon of

the Correspondence, which was opened to young artists. He then entered the Academy of Toulouse in 1778, then those of Lyon (...) Read more

            The French popular expression “le jeu en vaut la chandelle” (the game is worth the candle) was the genesis for such leisure! In fact, well before the invention of

electricity, participants lit candles for it was a very expensive light source. These fun moments undertake significant upgrades (money, jewelry, etc.) that players could not always re-win. Thus, the cost

of the lighting was not even provided by the “greed”! But why engage in such ruinous games?               Boredom and the desire to (...) Read more

Enfin un beau tableau sur Internet ! En vente le 24 mai 2009 pour une durée de 15 jours, estimé 20 000/30 000 € le 07 Mai 2009 par Céline Lefranc "Expertissim sort

de sa réserve. Un an et demi après son lancement, ce site de courtage  d'oeuvres d'art annonce d'assez bons résultats : plus de 300 000 € de produit vendu pour 2008

et déjà 200 000 € pour les quatre premiers mois de 2009. Evidemment, cela n'a rien de comparable avec les chiffres (...) Read more