Pierre Vandel, the Parisian chic of the 1970s

Pierre Vandel (born 1934) is one of those designer-publishers who defined Parisian elegance in the late post-war years. Workshop on rue Saint-Denis then a house in Saint-Ouen, he developed from the 1970s a signature recognisable among all: tables and consoles with matte black or fine-gold lacquered metal frames, glass tops, perfect finishes. A Régence taste revisited by modernism, which dressed chic Parisian living rooms for two decades.

The Pierre Vandel Paris coffee table remains the house's emblem: geometric gold-plated metal base, smoked or clear glass top, almost architectural lines. Vandel prices remain accessible for those wanting a hint of seventies Parisian chic in their interior, to find second-hand.