Following Design Miami/ Basel, the ‘Tribute to Joseph-André Motte’ exhibition will move to Galerie Pascal Cuisinier’s exhibition space in Paris, from 26th June to 30th August 2014.

Conceived by Pascal Cuisinier as a heartfelt homage to the designer on the first anniversary of his death in June 2013, this solo show will exhibit around fifty Joseph-André Motte creations, amongst which will be some of his most innovative and rare designs. These include the superb Evelyne sideboard, the rosewood Prestige desk created for Dassas, a pair of low tables with built-in lights crafted from rosewood and white opaline glass and the extremely scarce Catherine and Tripod rattan chairs. A wide selection of lights designed by Joseph-André Motte will be brought together for the very first time: Perspex model M4 floor lamps, model J14 lamps designed for les Huchers made from marble, metal and opaline, not to mention the Perspex ‘Licorne’(unicorn) wall lamps which are on public display for the first time ever.

Joseph-André Motte (1925 – 2013) was a French interior designer. His extensive body of work made use of the full range of innovative materials that were being developed by the manufacturing sector at that time. He was a trail-blazer in many different fields. His brilliant career was noteworthy for a number of prestigious projects, such as the interior design and furnishings of Orly and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airports, the complete overhaul of around one hundred metro stations, and, in the area of decorative arts, furniture designs commissioned by the Mobilier National (a state body in charge of supplying furniture to official state residences, embassies etc). His design, extremely elegant, is very characteristic of french chic which was typical of this first generation of French designers.
 

Galerie Pascal Cuisinier
Championing the first modern French designers

Since 2006, Galerie Pascal Cuisinier has strongly promoted the first generation of modern French designers. These individuals epitomized the ultra-modern character of 20th century design in their works. Their furniture, produced between 1951 and 1961 with a view to being mass-produced, are characterized by an emphasis on functionality, technical innovation and elegance.

Pascal Cuisinier’s motto is ‘expect excellence’. This can be seen in the painstaking care he takes to select only the best works from this period, the catalogue raisonnés he has produced and the meticulously-crafted displays on show in the gallery and at the biggest art fairs around the world.

Located on the Rue de Seine, Galerie Pascal Cuisinier is the gallery in which to find the works of the first modern French designers. Its founder has made a significant contribution to research into both the historical and aesthetic aspects of French furniture design between 1951 and 1961. He has helped shed light on the avant-garde spirit behind the designs of
J. Abraham and D. Rol, R.J. Caillette, G. Dangles and C. Defrance,
P. Guariche, A. Monpoix, M. Mortier, J.A. Motte, P. Paulin, A. Philippon,
J. Lecoq and A. Richard, as well as on the work of key light fitting designers
J. Biny, P. Disderot and R. Mathieu.