The Couleuvre factory houses emblematic collections dedicated to decorative objects from the 1930s..
Specializing in luxury everyday objects since 1789, the Couleuvre factory is a key player in the history of the decorative arts. Albert Laurent, its director, decided to turn it into a small Sèvres in the 1920s, multiplying collaborations with the artistic milieu of the time, developing limited-edition art and relief porcelain pieces and decors with several Couleuvre and Parisian workshops. After his death, the manufactory turned to more utilitarian objects, and in the 21st century, one of its specialties, linked to its know-how, is body-tinted porcelain and a palette of some one hundred color references. In 2022, the company was acquired by Sophie Salager, a specialist in 18th-century decorative arts. Today, the 10,000m2 factory, built in the 19th century, houses an exceptional heritage of 300,000 plaster molds and 6,500 models, ranging from Art Nouveau to Art Deco, enabling the reissue of emblematic collections such as Les Perles, dedicated to decorative objects from the 1930s, and Les Écailles de Couleuvre, an exceptional collection in the pure tradition of 18th-century decorative arts, combining porcelain and bronze. At the same time, the company offers a range of modernized objects, some 20,000 pieces a year, made with the same know-how, using kaolin powder, a very white limestone used to make the slip used to make porcelain, and giving it its translucent appearance, to be discovered on a guided tour and in the factory store.
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