{"id":7828,"date":"2021-03-05T12:01:49","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/sit-down-please\/"},"modified":"2021-03-05T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T11:01:49","slug":"sit-down-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/en\/sit-down-please\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit down&#8230; Please!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1346-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1014\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1346-3.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1346-3-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1346-3-768x727.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since the dawn of time and throughout history, men have invented and conceived their seat according to customs, styles, eras and of course the creators! Very quickly, seats started to play an important role in the societies. For certain, they have become symbols accompanying power, in many different forms, and for others, symbols of contestation. Great cabinetmakers and craftsmen, sometimes families of creators quickly positioned themselves to create essential pieces, or their own unique style. For some of them, seats have become pieces at the frontier between a work of art and a piece of furniture. To develop better on the subject, all these points need to be presented in pictures.<\/p>\n<p>However, the reversals of the concept of \u00ab\u00a0beautiful\u00a0\u00bb in furniture have led some creators to move towards a more functional research for seating. Isn\u2019t it important to have dinner sitting on comfortable chairs, to read comfortably on a good sofa, or to work sitting in a position that suits us?<\/p>\n<p>Like many designers, Jean Prouv\u00e9, when creating his seats, said: \u00ab\u00a0I have always had this concern for well-made construction\u00a0\u00bb. So let\u2019s set off to discover the evolution of this essential and iconic piece of furniture!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4372\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4372\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1310-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1310-2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1310-2-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1310-2-768x792.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4372\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris: \u00ab\u00a0Les Assises du si\u00e8ge contemporain\u00a0\u00bb, during the demonstrations of May 68 \u2026 This retrospective thus made it possible to discover and understand the important place that the seat has always had in different societies, during the XXth century.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4350\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4350\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-23-a-14-40-35-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-23-a-14-40-35-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-23-a-14-40-35-2-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-23-a-14-40-35-2-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-23-a-14-40-35-2-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since forever, the seat needed above all to be <strong>comfortable<\/strong> for all of us. But everyone has its own perception of comfort\u00a0!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4340\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4340 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/661-03-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/661-03-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/661-03-2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/661-03-2-1024x761.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/661-03-2-768x571.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2026 Jean Roy\u00e8re understood it really well in his creations \u2013 with, among others, the \u2018Polar Bear\u2019 sofa.<br \/>\nThe sinusoidal shape, so dear to the decorator, is deployed here to achieve a certain ideal of comfort, essential for its creator!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4388\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4388\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1354-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1354-3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1354-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1354-3-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In history, Queens and Kings have always sought to position themselves higher than the Court, and even between different Courts, by having royal furniture that is different from the others, in order to reinforce their legitimacy.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4352\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4352 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-16-55-59.jpg\" alt=\"D.R.\" width=\"960\" height=\"1103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-16-55-59.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-16-55-59-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-16-55-59-891x1024.jpg 891w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-16-55-59-768x882.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For some, the ascent, power and success, require to be represented sitting on a throne of gilded wood and ivory, as illustrated by this famous painting by Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres, Napoleon seated in majesty on a throne from Jacob!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4378\" style=\"width: 1139px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1342-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1139\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1342-3.jpg 1139w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1342-3-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1342-3-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1342-3-768x647.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1139px) 100vw, 1139px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While notable or wealthy traders show their social superiority by being transported in sedan chairs: ancestral Chinese tradition!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4406\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-2-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-2-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-2-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the end of the 1930s, Jacques Adnet designed his furniture by moving towards a more classic but revisited style, which takes the form of XVIIth century furniture: French tradition, but with his own modernity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4346\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2020_03_07-downtown_rue_de_seine-14-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2020_03_07-downtown_rue_de_seine-14-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2020_03_07-downtown_rue_de_seine-14-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2020_03_07-downtown_rue_de_seine-14-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2020_03_07-downtown_rue_de_seine-14-2-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4364\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4364\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0203.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0203-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_0203-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4364\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Kings, princes, the bourgeois, as well as art lovers have also sought <strong>luxury<\/strong> in contemporary creation of each era.<br \/>\nAs in Jean Roy\u00e8re\u2019s \u00ab\u00a0Ambassador\u00a0\u00bb armchairs, made for the Shah of Iran cinema theater around 1958.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4408\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-3-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-3-1-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-3-1-768x797.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Furniture can also be <strong>sculpture<\/strong>\u2026 Throughout the XXth and XXIth century, designers have created furniture, seats, objects related to culture and intellectual revolutions of the moment, as with this incredible armchair: seat \/ work of art from the Monolith Group, 1986.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4392\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4392\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1360-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1360-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1360-2-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1360-2-1024x701.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1360-2-768x526.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the XIXth century, in Germany, it was the Thonet Family who invented new, sculptural forms, especially with the use of bent wood.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4410\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-4-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-4-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-4-1-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the start of the 20th century, a new style was invented with one of the undeniable masters of that time: Antoni Gaudi! With Gaudi, the main representative of what is called Catalan modernism, the furniture is integrated into an already specific interior design. At Casa Batllo, the seats take up an organic form. His creations, based on the observation of nature, are always undulating and don\u2019t have any right angle.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4354\" style=\"width: 934px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-17-15-58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"934\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-17-15-58.jpg 934w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-17-15-58-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-24-a-17-15-58-768x587.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 934px) 100vw, 934px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Others, such as Jacques-\u00c9mile Ruhlmann, designed luxury lounge chairs in the 1920s, including this one, known as the \u00ab\u00a0ski lounge chair\u00a0\u00bb in 1929, for the Maharajah of Indore.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4412\" style=\"width: 1258px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1258\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-5-1.jpg 1258w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-5-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-5-1-1024x779.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-5-1-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1258px) 100vw, 1258px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the post-war years, in France, some of the 60s and 70s designers believed in total utopia, wanting to transform the world\u2026 like this interior project for an airport hall by Bernard Govin!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4414\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-6-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-6-1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-6-1-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-6-1-828x1024.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-6-1-768x950.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the Italians are also very strong\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p>They create serial furniture like this \u201cPratone\u201d chair by Pietro Derossi and Giorgo Ceretti (1966).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1373-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"971\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1373-2.jpg 971w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1373-2-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1373-2-768x759.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>{%CAPTION%}<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4416\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-7-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-7-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-7-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-7-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-7-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Or Superstudio, an architect agency from Florence, that create \u201cBazaar\u201d sofa around 1969.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-13-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-13-3.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-13-3-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-13-3-768x754.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4358\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4358\" style=\"width: 926px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-29-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"926\" height=\"1220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-29-2.jpg 926w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-29-2-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-29-2-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-25-a-09-38-29-2-768x1012.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2026 \u201cCova\u201d sofa by Gianni Ruffi (1973).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4400\" style=\"width: 1329px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/page-3-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1329\" height=\"1993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/page-3-image-3.jpg 1329w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/page-3-image-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/page-3-image-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/page-3-image-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/page-3-image-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1329px) 100vw, 1329px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Dalila\u2019 chairs by Gaetano Pesce, designed in the beginning of the 80s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4344\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4344\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_04_25_downtown_herblay-44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_04_25_downtown_herblay-44.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_04_25_downtown_herblay-44-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_04_25_downtown_herblay-44-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2019_04_25_downtown_herblay-44-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Or the \u2018Animali Domestici\u2019 (1985) series by Andrea Branzi, with it radicality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4376\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4376\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1335-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1335-b.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1335-b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1335-b-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1335-b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1335-b-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Japanese, for their part, by using materials, such as paper or plastic, have a more poetic approach, as for these two seats by Yoshioka Tokujin (2001).<br \/>\nAs usual, they combine technological innovation and centuries-old tradition, for an ever more innovative design.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4418\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-9-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-9-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-9-1-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-9-1-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-9-1-768x1182.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let\u2019s also not forget Ron Arad\u2019s style, unique in his kind, which marked the entry into the Design of the 21st century in the early 90s!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-20-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-20-25.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-20-25-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-20-25-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4362\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-21-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-21-24.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-21-24-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2020-03-27-a-23-21-24-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2026 As well as Wendell Caste and his truly sculptural forms\u00a0!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4390\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4390\" style=\"width: 1164px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1358-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1164\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1358-2.jpg 1164w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1358-2-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1358-2-1024x845.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1358-2-768x633.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1164px) 100vw, 1164px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But sitting must first of all be <strong>functional<\/strong> and it especially starts at school!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4394\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1365-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1365-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1365-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1365-2-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1365-2-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the United States, <strong>Functionalism<\/strong> appeared at the beginning of the XIXth century, within the Shaker community. One of the sources of reflection for this New England community is that the furniture must be a useful, vital, stripped of any decoration or ornamentation, because otherwise it would impose an unwanted social positioning!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4402\" style=\"width: 1019px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/uam-1930-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/uam-1930-2.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/uam-1930-2-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/uam-1930-2-768x724.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the 1920s, <strong>French modernism<\/strong> already had its masters who would mark the XXth century. For Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand, it is about designing minimal, functional furniture created from metal tubes. The lounge chair follows the position of the body at rest. For better comfort, it can be positioned depending on whether you want to read or sleep!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_6895.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_6895.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_6895-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_6895-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_6895-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4342\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4342\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_09_19_downtown_herblay-7-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_09_19_downtown_herblay-7-b.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_09_19_downtown_herblay-7-b-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2018_09_19_downtown_herblay-7-b-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this spirit, this tube armchair was produced at the same time, by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand and presented at the Salon d\u2019Automne in 1929, in \u2018a modern interior\u2019. It marks the mutual attachment to modernity, characterized among other things by the founding of UAM (Union des Artistes Modernes), the same year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4380\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1345-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1345-2-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1345-2-1-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1345-2-1-714x1024.jpg 714w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1345-2-1-768x1102.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4336\" style=\"width: 950px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/384_06-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"950\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/384_06-2-1.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/384_06-2-1-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/384_06-2-1-768x567.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2026 Another essential figure of the French design, from the 1930s to the 1950s: Jean Prouv\u00e9. He seeks above all the development of mass production. His so-called \u201cStandard\u201d chair, as well as aluminum stool, were to become iconic pieces.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4368\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4368\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1297-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1297-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1297-2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1297-2-1024x716.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1297-2-768x537.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, Pierre Jeanneret moved to India, to follow the construction of the city of Chandigarh, carried out by his cousin, Le Corbusier\u2026 He was also entrusted with the interior of the buildings, for which he will create a functional, simple and refined furniture, with the use of local materials, such as teak or cane.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4338\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/615-28-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/615-28-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/615-28-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/615-28-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/615-28-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy Galerie Downtown \u2013 Fran\u00e7ois Laffanour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4348\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2018-01-02-a-17-51-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2018-01-02-a-17-51-23.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2018-01-02-a-17-51-23-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/capture-decran-2018-01-02-a-17-51-23-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mexican architect Luis Barragan also created furniture custom-made for his commissioners. His architecture is very minimal as is his furniture, inherited from the German Bauhaus, the geometric architecture of Le Corbusier and traditional Mexican architecture, of course\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4374\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1318.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1318-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1318-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 80s mark the continuity of the French tradition which is to create by following its time but with a new rhythm, like that of Philippe Starck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In conclusion, being \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4420\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4420 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-11.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-11-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-11-768x777.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>President of the Republic<\/strong>, like the Pompidou and the contemporary rearrangement of the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, realized by Pierre Paulin<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4370\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1306.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1306-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/img_1306-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Intellectual and collector,<\/strong> like the couturier Jacques Doucet and the interior design of his h\u00f4tel particulier, with the seats by Pierre Legrain, among others.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4404\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-1-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-1-1-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-1-1-1024x546.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.galeriedowntown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unnamed-1-1-768x410.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">D.R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>With some friends<\/strong>, at home<\/p>\n<figure 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