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The Kugels: A Taste for the Beautiful

Published on , by Éric Jansen
In 2004, they left Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris and moved into a private mansion on Quai Anatole France, opposite the Tuileries: a 1,000-square-metre venue that provided a home for their extraordinary pieces. Nicolas and Alexis Kugel are the fifth generation of a dynasty of antiques dealers whose origins go back to late 18th...
Nicolas and Alexis Kugel reflected in the mirror of the Duchess of Mecklembourg-Strelitz's... The Kugels: A Taste for the Beautiful
Nicolas and Alexis Kugel reflected in the mirror of the Duchess of Mecklembourg-Strelitz's toilet service, produced by Johann Heinrich I Oertel in 1784.
© Galerie Kugel, Guillaume Benoit
In 2004, they left Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris and moved into a private mansion on Quai Anatole France, opposite the Tuileries: a 1,000-square-metre venue that provided a home for their extraordinary pieces. Nicolas and Alexis Kugel are the fifth generation of a dynasty of antiques dealers whose origins go back to late 18th century Russia. Specialists in clocks and watches, the family became famous for jewellery and silverwork before Jacques Kugel, the father of Nicolas and Alexis,…
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