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Rue Michelle Antiques
We specialise in Chinese Antiques, Chinese Modern Art, Bronze Buddhas, Old Chinese Scroll Paintings, Incense burners, Snuff Bottles, Imperial Chinese Antiques, and fine Japanese artworks. Buddhist pieces to European Antiques Modern Art, Old Paintings.
We specialize in European 17-19c, French Italian and English furniture /art and decorative art, modern art , Contemporary Art.
Age 29, circa 1996 gallery in La Jolla rt. flank in Historic hotel prospect st. Pr. of 18c.Venetian doors by repute from Elizabeth Arden’s estate designed by Tony Duquette. Federal bulls eye mirror provenance Lawrence Harvey Malibu house that Flip Wilson later purchased and painted his cream coloured crown molding purple and threw a Zebra skin rug on floor where he slept, to rt. Gilots lithos mixing modern with classical. Below the mirror is a pair of baccarat gerandels (crystal and amethyst prisms. With these wax candles among flanked by a wireback wrought iron motique). The floors and the terracotta glazing wall finish. We flew in Taryn Linder, who is a world renowned noted faux painter, who did diane burns house noted interior designer in rome florence tuscany and has been featured several times on arch digest. We flew the painter in to do the floor and gallery. We can do this for you, however we work with a group of painters that will provide this same effect to your project worldwide. – Art direction and photo Rick Saxton.
About
We are the only Estate Service/Antiques Dealers on the West Coast and in the world who has participated in Lectures and Symposiums on Chinese Antiques bi-Annual in London, New York, Hong Kong and Paris.
From 2009-2018 9 years straight I have flown in and I have participated and attended symposiums and taken classes at the British museum on ‘The Sir Percival Collection of Chinese Ceramics,The Victoria Albert on Buddhist artifacts, The Royal Academy ,The Oriental Ceramics Society, The SOAS School of Asian Studied London, The China Institute London, the Metropolitan Museum NY “The world of Khubilai Khan and the Yuan dynasty, the Asia Society, The Rubin Museum on Tibetan Thangkas/bronzes and many more all on Chinese Antiques and art from the Ching period to the Yuan to Archaic bronzes to the Qianglong period back all the way to the Republic Period 1911-1947.
During those travels I have amassed a fantastic network of museum Directors ,Scholars, collectors and major International dealers on Chinese antiques and Art and Tibetan bronzes and Thangkas.
None of this would have been possible without extensive traveling worldwide.
View Our Previous Work Below
Opening campaign of La Jolla store 1995 age 28 extremely important self portrait Gilot given to my mom as a gift, a early set of LV that Louis Vuitton corporate wanted to buy, Edwardian Chinoiserie Bouillot table, circa 1860 French bronze Dore dressing mirror with gouache on ivory of Marie Antoinette and mother of pearl, French empire reclaimer - Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Will Gillet
Age 29, circa 1996 gallery in La Jolla rt. flank in Historic hotel prospect st. Pr. of 18c.Venetian doors by repute from Elizabeth Arden's estate designed by Tony Duquette. Federal bulls eye mirror provenance Lawrence Harvey Malibu house that Flip Wilson later purchased and painted his cream coloured crown molding purple and threw a Zebra skin rug on floor where he slept, to rt. Gilots lithos mixing modern with classical. Below the mirror is a pair of baccarat gerandels (crystal and amethyst prisms. With these wax candles among flanked by a wireback wrought iron motique). The floors and the terracotta glazing wall finish. We flew in Taryn Linder, who is a world renowned noted faux painter, who did diane burns house noted interior designer in rome florence tuscany and has been featured several times on arch digest. We flew the painter in to do the floor and gallery. We can do this for you, however we work with a group of painters that will provide this same effect to your project worldwide. - Art direction and photo Rick Saxton.
Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Rick Saxton
New Orleans show 1998 40ft. (end cap) booth on ice at old gambling casino early 19c. Neoclassical Italian mirror, Italian 19c.tapastry/silk metallic thread, Pr. of Italian 19c.painted consoles sold to a Beverly Hills mansion that Bo Derrick missed to purchase by 1/2 hour ‘smalls’ include-Egyptian cat deacquisition Cairo museum, pr. of Imperial Russian bronze Dore busts, Ming plum colour vase, French turquoise 19c clock, Assorted French bronzes. The candle holders were sold in miami in the 90s and went to a golf castle outside of pittsburg. - Art direction Arik Lerner
Detail photo of New Orleans show, including 18c. French Chinoiserie screen sold to a historic New Orleans home in the garden district which is on cover of the book ‘New Orleans homes’ pr.18c. Italian Torchieres sold to a castle outside of Pittsburgh, pr. of large French floral paintings circa 1800 - Art direction Arik Lerner
Opening campaign of La Jolla store 1995 age 28 extremely important self portrait Gilot given to my mom as a gift. My mother was the first person to archive all of francoises work, a early set of LV that Louis Vuitton corporate wanted to buy, Edwardian Chinoiserie Bouillot table, circa 1860 French bronze Dore dressing mirror with gouache on ivory of Marie Antoinette and mother of pearl, French empire reclaimer - Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Will Gillet
Period Italian Bombay painted corner cabinet, pr. of Italian neoclassical/empire tabourets from owner of the ‘Golden door’, early 18c. Italian Choinoiserie narrow chest of drawers possibly Genoa, manner of Claude Lorraine Cappricio 18c. - Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Rick Saxton
Possibly 18c.Chinoiserie corner cabinet with Chinese Chippendale pagoda, wonderful pr. of 17c. Chinoise was popular in the 18th century in England and France as the Europeans got infatuated with the far east. Chinoisery has been popular for over 250 years and is a very classical style that never goes out of fashion. Most all the grand estates in america have had pieces incorporated into their design. Italian putti at play, pr. of 19c. Georgian style stools, 19c. Eng partners desk provenance Mr. Flynn noted maritime lawyer B.P.oil spill case. Hollywood Regency ebonized side chair again mixing classical with Hollywood Regency circa 1997 11 years ahead of current trend. Note the white side chair which is hollywood regency. Note how we were mixing modern with classical. Note the botanical prints hanging on the wall. Those are a good way to decorate a tropical or classical home inexpensively with 18-19th century colored prints. - Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Will Gillet
Campaign 1998 probably a custom built ‘Jansen’ daybed w-antique Scalamandre fabric. One of our first advertising campaigns. I found provenance-Duke and Dutches of Windsor purchased from the Honeymens of Bethlehem steel via Gep Durrenburger c.1970 (currently available), a wonderful 18c. Italian secretary, pr. of Chinoiserie Italian mirrors Bering label ‘Cavendish park Hyde London’, pr. of period shell motif continental mirrors sold to editor of South Coast magazine, pr. of Louis XV stools from Jimmy Starbucks estate award winning choreographer (FLOOR and WALLS) PAINTED BY Karen Linder. Please note Michael Smith, the decorator that did the white house for Obama, was trained under Durenberger who was also were trained by his best friend Jim Evans. So we also are in that same very limited school of knowledge of 1990s of classical furnishings. No more than one to two handfuls of people were taught this style. We are the exact same style. - Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Rick Saxton
Circa 1997 gallery in La Jolla a highly decorative French Neo classic ceiling panel thus mixing modern Gilots from my mom’s collection with antiques - Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Rick Saxton
Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Rick Saxton
This was the 1998 ft lauderdale antique show. Note items were shoved into a tight 30 ft booth for sale, not spread out in a living interior design-type project.
Photo and Art direction Arik Lerner. *Please note that these are for shows and are crammed together. Not a reflection of our interior designing. Add a few pieces on your wall for you and your friends to visually enjoy.
'Architectual Digest' Home Design Show 2007. This is a photo of a show for architectural home design. New York pier in 1997. We drove from california with all of precious antiques and brought the best of the best to show New York what we are capable of. This is a prime example of mixing antiques with modern comfort. Note the couch was a 1950’s-60’s couch. We re stuffed it with down and tea stain linen thus the neutral giving the eye areas to wander not fighting with fancy fabrics that fight with the beauty of the art. The lamps are not often seen gold. The Morano lamps are from the 1960’s and we put beautiful black linen shades with gold plating on the inside which radiates lights downward. Please note they have a cover on the top so light cannot go up. The pair of end tables are from the 1960’s. The cabinets are Hollywood regency from the 1940’s Grosfeld House, which was a noted designer that manufactured furniture in NYC in the 40’s whos pieces have been in all of the Hollywood glamour and worldwide. The painting to the left is called Three Negroes from the Ralph Smith LA art exhibition. To the right is the Mac Dullard which is in rue Michelle personal collection... READ MORE ON THE INTERIOR DESIGN PAGE.
Photo and Art direction Arik Lerner. Yellow chair was recovered in yellow silk. This reflects the modern Hollywood Regency period. Tropical painting is by Louis Macouillard. Louis was a noted san fran artist who was featured in a 5 page spread on the cover of Life magazine in June 1944. Note he did the Madison Steamship Placemaps. Please get a copy of June 1944 Life magazine to see his work.
We hold the world record for a Chinese modern art piece sold outside Asia that we brokered for a Northern California client. Some other highlights we were involved in brokering the Ernst Collection in Switzerland of Tibetan Thangkas of which we had sold to a Chinese museum for 10 million, and they were building him a wing adjacent to our mentors, which was the 1st tour guides of the Hearst Castle, as we used to get antiques from Roman 2nd century AD Columns and 17th century.
We have Antiques /Fine Art and Modern Art as well as Contemporary Art from the 16th Century and late 20th Century. Having been taught a “Classical furniture background by the 1st tour guides of the Hearst Castle in the late 1980s, Rue Michelle has been one of Southern California’s leading antiques dealers/ fine art brokers Estate brokers on the West Coast with an early Career emphasis in Italian, French, English ‘Classical furniture’ as well as Decorative arts and Asian art. We have been asked to assist with brokering the most Important Chinese Painting Estate in California totalling 14 million, whereas we set the world record for a Chinese painting sold outside Asia.
Our collection is as much a visual expression of our combined tastes as it is a reflection of our extensive travels and our deep learning and studying in art and history. The enduring legacy of fine craftsmanship has inspired our awe and respect for the lost art having thus the understanding and in-depth knowledge of how rare and obscure items are made. The expertise was made possible by extensive travelling, attending lectures and world-renowned symposiums in London, New York, Paris, and Hong Kong.
Our Current Inventory
Lighting
Our authentic restoration lighting, improved with modern standards in wiring, makes a lasting and practical artistic statement.
Tableware & Barware
We seek to elevate your home style with our curated collection of authentic 18th Century tableware and barware.
Furniture
It gives an intense classic look to your Dining room with comfortable, antiques wood furniture.
Fine Art
Stay unique and classify your bedroom with vintage-inspired 18th-century paintings
Our Current Inventory
We Buy Antiques
Sell Antiques To Us
We work with a network of leading dealers , collectors, museums and auctions worldwide. We are among most connected dealers and art brokers in California.I will fly anywhere in the world to look, appraise and buy a collection or even a single piece
Interior Design Antiques Style
The assumption of interior design is to create interiors with a soul, telling a story. Our designs and colors are uniquely attempted to make the room and its space more appealing.
Art direction Arik Lerner, Photo Rick Saxton