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The Antiques
of the Future

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We are
artisans
We like
our work
We do it
with passion

We pursue Excellency & Innovation

Leave your imprint
for a lifetime

We create functional fine art decoration items, inspired by glamourous historic and art trends such as wall mirrors, bath accessories, tea boxes, silverware chests, waste bins, serving trays and tissue boxes. Entirely developed in-house, each object is unique and includes
the handprint of every single person that contributed to its creation.

Driven by the desire to craft lasting beauty, we want these decoration artefacts
to become the Antiques of the Future:
The Antiques of YOUR Future

The Art of patience

At Du Côté du Parc, we really care about delivering the best products possible.

We’re well aware that you are impatient to receive the items you bought, but there are so many steps, so many unexpected issues, and so many details to check! So, before we ship it, we dedicate countless efforts to ensure that your expectations will be met.

Discover our Collections

Reverse painting
on glass

The hand painting is performed on the back of a piece of glass: once finished, the flip side shows the final design. Compared to a normal painting, the work is performed backwards: what is usually painted first on the canvas is done last on the glass. A meticulous order is set for the numerous coats of paint. If a detail is forgotten, it cannot be added afterwards. And for every single correction, the latest layers are removed first.

As you can guess, making these beautiful items is not just about painting a piece of glass. It requires the passion and expertise of many artisans turning boards of wood, rolls of filaments, paints, and many other materials into unique products.

Reverse painting on glass is therefore very time-consuming, costly and in most cases commercially impractical. That’s probably why only a few crazy artisans are still fighting to perpetuate this awesome art! And that’s why we moved to the luxury and art capital, Paris.

Verre églomisé

Verre églomisé is from the French term meaning glass gilding : the glass is gilded
with gold or metal leaf on its rear side.

Initially, this technique was a relatively simple one of applying decorative designs
in a combination of plain color and gilding, usually to glass picture frames.
However, over time it is used to describe nearly any process involving back painted
and gilded glass.

Reverse painting on glass
an ancient tradition

If Assyrian & Phoenician civilizations show many examples of reverse glass painting,
the technique reached its maturity during the second half of the 16th century in Venice
with the use of higher end glass quality and the introduction of significant improvements
to the traditional process by the Byzantine glassblowers.

Religious art first

At first, Reliquaries and portable altars were made of small panels of glass with designs formed by engraved gilding (the painter Cennino Cennini describes this genuine method in detail).

Then, throughout Europe since the 15th century, it appears on paintings, furnitures, drinking glasses, vessels or jewelry.

The Golden Age

Throughout the 19th century, this complicated art was widely popular as folk art in Austria, Bavaria, Moravia, Bohemia and Slovakia.

Alas, during the inter-war period (1914–1945) this traditional “naive” technique fell nearly into a complete oblivion.

This painting method had
to be reinvented by combining acrylic and oil paints
and rethinking its structural layout.

Improvements

A new method appeared using polymer glazing technology allowing the artworks to be printed directly onto the glass.

During the 20th century, in France, it was mainly used to decorate shops with wood or coal heating systems to cover walls and ceilings.

Quite popular across Europe,
it reached out as far as the Senegalese coasts.

Handcrafted in Paris

Following a very long tradition of french craftsmanship, all our heirloom quality products are made with love and care in our Paris workshop.

Fast Delivery

All shipments are managed by DHL: as soon as your item is picked up, you receive the tracking number to follow it all the way to your home.

Free shipping to the US and EU

Our prices include free DHL shipping and delivery to the USA, the European Union, Switzerland and Canada (excluding remote locations).
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