PARIS
PARIS: THE FIELD GUIDE
The resources I rely on when I'm sourcing in Paris. My top twenty. Updated in 2026.
| NAME | ADDRESS | URL | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Bert Serpette | 96 Rue des Rosiers, 93400 | paulbert-serpette.com | The main flea market strip. High-end mid-century hunting. Heavy inventory. |
| Galerie Patrick Seguin | 5 Rue des Taillandiers, 75011 | patrickseguin.com | Modernist architecture masters (Prouvé, Perriand, Le Corbusier). Real structural wood and steel. |
| Astier de Villatte | 173 Rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 | astierdevillatte.com | Imperfect, handmade white ceramics. Simple and deeply tactile. |
| Galerie Downtown | 18 Rue de Seine, 75006 | galeriedowntown.com | Exceptional mid-century design. Focus on Pierre Jeanneret furniture elements. |
| Galerie Kreo | 31 Rue Dauphine, 75006 | galeriekreo.com | Limited-edition contemporary works. Extreme geometric integrity. No fluff. |
| Maison Rapin | 3 Rue de Beaune, 75007 | maison-rapin.com | Bold, dramatic 20th-century Italian craft and heavy continental elements. |
| Galerie Jacques Lacoste | 12 Rue de Seine, 75006 | jacqueslacoste.com | 1930s to 1950s French decorative arts. Royère and Jouve archival assets. |
| Drouot | 9 Rue Drouot, 75009 | drouot.com | Main auction hub. Heavy chaos, but where real industry dealers buy. |
| Merci | 111 Blvd Beaumarchais, 75003 | merci-merci.com | High-end casual retail linens and honest, unadorned kitchen utility items. |
| Caravane | 6 Rue Pavée, 75004 | caravane.fr | Richly textured textiles, organic fiber rugs, and relaxed seating options. |
| Galerie Alexandre Biaggi | 14 Rue de Seine, 75006 | alexandrebiaggi.com | Mid-century noble materials and exceptional custom stone framing pieces. |
| Pierre Augustin Rose | 8 Rue Hérold, 75001 | pierreaugustinrose.com | Sculptural modern upholstery that fits an architectural frame perfectly. |
| Marché Vernaison | 99 Rue des Rosiers, 93400 | pucesdeparisstouen.com | Flea market corners for antique hardware, raw frames, and lighting parts. |
| Galerie Eric Philippe | 25 Galerie Véro-Dodat, 75001 | ericphilippe.com | 20th-century European furniture. Exceptional Swedish Grace archive. |
| L'Eclaireur | 10 Rue Hérold, 75001 | leclaireur.com | Design objects in a dark, moody industrial volume. Good for heavy metals. |
| Galerie Matthieu Richard | 34 Rue de Seine, 75006 | matthieurichard.fr | Post-war French masters. Exceptional timber cabinetry and storage sourcing. |
| Thomas Fritsch | 6 Rue de Seine, 75006 | thomasfritsch.fr | The absolute expert in mid-century French studio ceramics (Georges Jouve). |
| Pinto Paris | 11 Rue de l'Abbaye, 75006 | pintoparis.com | Exceptionally heavy, custom mineral and lacquered furniture surfaces. |
| Wilo & Grove | 40 Rue de Courcelles, 75008 | wilo-grove.com | Emerging artists. Accessible art assets without gallery posturing. |
| Galerie BSL | 14 Rue des Beaux-Arts, 75006 | galeriebsl.com | Avant-garde contemporary design. Bold, rare mineral furniture structures. |
