Pierre Roussel (1723-1782)

Among the furniture in René Simeoni's collection, three top names in French furniture stand out: André-Charles Boulle, Bernard II Van Riesenburgh (B.V.B.R.) and Pierre Roussel.

The Simeoni collection, containing museum-quality 18th-century furniture by Bernard II Van Risen Burgh (B.V.R.B.), Boulle and Pierre Roussel, received the hoped-for acclaim.

This past Friday, the French craftsmanship of the Ancien Régime took center stage. A rare cabinet in stained wood, attributed to André-Charles Boulle fetched €404,480, a chest of drawers in Coromandel lacquer stamped Pierre Roussel sold € 410, 800 and a folio cabinet by BVRB garnered for €1,264, 000.

Son of antique dealer Didier Aaron and brother of Hervé Aaron, who chaired the Syndicat national des antiquaires and the Salon du dessin, Olivier Aaron was a leading figure on the Paris market. He died on 25 November 2018.

The radical architect and designer of the 1930s created a set of eight pieces, whose simplicity contrasted with the design of Artisans de Marolles.

Do you want to feel like the former French President (1969-1974) and great art-lover Georges Pompidou? Would you like to sit in the comfort of his dining room in the Elysée Palace? Thanks to these chairs, your fantasy could come true!

Among 30-odd architectural drawings from the collection of a private mansion in Binic, this project for the Louvre by Pierre Fontaine is worth a look.

On Tuesday, October 11, two wing chairs by Pierre Guariche  (1926-1995) will be presented in Grenoble.

A 1981 painting by the magician of black (who has just died aged 102) will shine alongside a group of works by Bernard Buffet.

Speaking to Roselyne Bachelot, Roussel stated "I warn you that everything must be done so that this manuscript remains in France and enters into the national library collection.", in reaction to the sale by Sotheby's of the adaptation of the novel Germinal into a play by its author.