For over 300 years, Odi­ot has devel­oped an invalu­able col­lec­tion of cut­lery, with a range of pat­terns and styles cov­er­ing many dif­fer­ent peri­ods of French dec­o­ra­tive arts, as the Demid­off col­lec­tion. Rich­ly dec­o­rat­ed with grapes and vine leaves, this set designed in 1831 for Prince Demid­off, is a beau­ti­ful exam­ple of the Roman­tic Peri­od. This …

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If the his­to­ry of Odi­ot is excep­tion­al­ly rich, with major fig­ures, our exper­tise is above all the result of inspi­ra­tion and incite­ment to the inces­sant search for per­fect­ly exe­cut­ed work to become a unique case in the world in terms of pre­serv­ing excep­tion­al know-how, based on an incom­pa­ra­ble col­lec­tion of molds and designs. An exam­ple …

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Emblem of Pauline, sis­ter of Napoleon 1st, the but­ter­fly is a ref­er­ence to the myths of Greek Antiq­ui­ty and was often used under the Empire in the dec­o­ra­tive arts. But­ter­fly is often rep­re­sent­ed with spread wings. It is the sym­bol of soul and fem­i­nin­i­ty, by per­son­i­fy­ing Psy­che. Dis­cov­er the Pauline’s bowl The theme of breast …

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Jean-Bap­tiste-Claude Odi­ot built, dur­ing the first quar­ter of the 19th cen­tu­ry, the most pros­per­ous French gold­smith’s house by deliv­er­ing sump­tu­ous table ser­vices and pres­ti­gious sets such as the toi­let of Empress Marie-Louise and the cra­dle of the King of Rome. Own­ing a piece fine­ly pro­duced by the craftsper­sons of the Mai­son Odi­ot is invit­ing His­to­ry …

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