Antiques and Art Deco pieces for the serious collector and the true connoisseur.

WHAT INTERIOR DESIGNERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT ANTIQUITIES

"Antiquities is a unique Gallery with a fine selection of Art Deco and antique furnishings. With their reputation for integrity and good service, Antiquities delight themselves in the very best of fine antiques, European, Modern, Louis XVI and Venetian; among other styles. Its pieces communicate the traditions of the past, the journey of many cultures, and the evolution of life itself. As a Designer, I believe that Antiquities allows me to visit one location to select an antique piece that takes my client's home to a different level of design. In my work, I have seen where a simple antique...

RENE LALIQUE

RENE LALIQUE,1860-1945, French jewelry designer and glassmaker whose works are landmarks of arts nouveau and deco, apprenticed to Parisian goldsmith Louis Aucoq at 16; studied Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, Paris (1876-78), Sydenham College, London (1878-80). He set up his own Parisian jewelry studio in 1885, producing sinuously luxurious art nouveau pendants, bracelets, brooches, combs, and other objects of adornment. Lalique often portrayed the female face and form as well as animal and floral motifs, frequently juxtaposing such materials as gold and silver, precious and semiprecious stones,...

RAYMOND SUBES

Subes is one of the most renowned French metal workers of the Art Deco period. His notoriety as an iron worker is practically equal to that of Edgar Brandt. Former student of the Boulle School and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decortifs, he helped usher in the Art Deco style. His works included grills, staircases and furniture. He started work in a little studio in 1916 that Robert Emile opened at Enghein-les-Bains. In 1919 he moved to Borderel & Robert, a major architectural construction company for metal work and eventually became the Director of the iron working studio. Subes...

EDGAR BRANDT

He was born in Paris on December 24, 1880. His family moved to Orleans when Brandt was 4 years old. At age 18, he graduated the Brevet Technicien Superieur and did two years military service with the 153rd infantry in Nancy. Brandt was awarded a gold medal 1st class, at the Salon des Artistes Francais, and became a member of the vetting team of the organization. In 1904, he was ordered to go to Toul near Nancy for military service. There it became apparent to him that the French Infantry had no light versatile weapon with a long target-range. At the end of the year he returned to Paris...