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Christie’s live and online Design auctions, held in our New York and Paris salerooms, feature collectible furniture, lighting, ceramics and sculpture. Our auctions span a broad range of influential design movements of the last 150 years, from Art Deco to Post-War, Craft to Contemporary, offering iconic styles by the likes of François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, Diego Giacometti, Jean Royère and Tiffany Studios.

Our team excels at bringing important design collections to market and telling the stories of the collectors who built them, with recent examples including The James D. Zellerbach Residence by Frances Elkins, Modern Reign: Tribute to the Maharajah of Indore, Collection Daniel Lebard and La Maison de Verre.

Our specialists are always available for a free and confidential valuation or to discuss private sales. Please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Flavien Gaillard
Head of Design, Europe
+33 (0)1 40 76 84 43
fgaillard@christies.com
Paris
Flavien Gaillard is a key player in the international market, with fifteen years of experience at Christie's and an unwavering passion for 20th-century design. Dedicated to bringing forgotten design names back into the spotlight, he has developed a publishing programme which includes monographs on Roger Capron and Jean-Louis Avril, the latter of whom he exhibited early in his career. Since joining Christie's in 2011, he has expanded his focus to encompass all the major figures of the 20th century, including Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand and Jean Royère. On a global level, Flavien plays an active role in generating interest among buyers in major names in design. He played a key role in publishing the catalogue for the first ever exhibition dedicated to the Giacometti brothers in Asia. He has made a pivotal contribution to the global success of iconic collections such as the Maison de Verre (€15 million) and Daniel Lebard (€32 million), as well as Lalanne-dedicated sales. Rediscovering an artist's entire career and renewing market interest lies at the heart of his work. He has organised unique monographic sales for Jean Royère (2017), Georges Jouve (2018), Line Vautrin (2022), Charlotte Perriand (2022) and Louis Cane (2025). These sales generated long-term market interest and set a series of world records for these artists. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the KREO gallery in 2026, Flavien will be showcasing major pieces by Marc Newson, Hella Jongerius, Konstantin Grcic and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec at Christie's.

Fort de quinze années d’expérience chez Christie’s et d’une passion sans faille pour le design du XXe siècle, Flavien Gaillard est un acteur incontournable du marché international. Œuvrant à la revalorisation des noms oubliés du design, il développe un travail d’édition qui comprend notamment la réédition d’une monographie sur Roger Capron ou la publication d’un ouvrage dédié à Jean-Louis Avril qu’il expose à ces débuts. Ayant rejoint Christie’s en 2011, il élargit son champ d’action à tous les grands noms du XXe siècle tels Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand ou Jean Royère. Très actif à l’international, Flavien développe l’intérêt des acheteurs mondiaux pour les grands noms du design. Ainsi, il joue un rôle clé dans le catalogue de la toute première exposition consacrée aux frères Giacometti en Asie et contribue au succès mondial de collections emblématiques comme celles de la Maison de verre (15M€), de Daniel Lebard (32M€) ou des ventes dédiées aux Lalanne. Faire redécouvrir la trajectoire d’un artiste, renouveler l’intérêt pour l’ensemble d’une œuvre, est au cœur de son action. Ainsi, Flavien multiplie les ventes monographiques inédites. Dédiées aux univers de Jean Royère (2017), Georges Jouve (2018), Line Vautrin (2022), Charlotte Perriand (2022) ou Louis Cane (2025), elles suscitent un intérêt à long terme du marché et une série de records mondiaux pour tous ces artistes. En 2026, Flavien célèbre les 30 ans de la galerie KREO chez Christie’s, en présentant les pièces majeures signées Marc Newson, Hella Jongerius, Konstantin Grcic ou Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.
Sonja Ganne
Chairwoman
+33 (0)1 40 76 86 21
sganne@christies.com
Paris
After graduating from La Sorbonne in History of Art, Sonja Ganne started her career in the famous François Laffanour – Galerie Downtown. Building on her seven years of experience, she joined Christie’s London in 1997 before coming to Paris in 1998 to create the 20th century decorative art and design department. She launched the first sales in Paris, which fetched world record prices and attracted new French and international collectors.

Sonja Ganne also played a key role in the success of the sale of three major works of art by Rembrandt Bugatti in 2011 (€2,400,000) as well as leading various important sales and developing the department significantly: in 2013 Christie’s sold six unique works of art by Armand Rateau from the apartments of the Duke and Duchess of Alba (€4,500,000).
Agathe de Bazin
Specialist, Head of Department
+33 (0)1 40 76 72 54
adebazin@christies.com
Paris
After a double degree in Art History at the École du Louvre and in Management of Cultural Goods and Activities at the ESCP business school, Agathe started her career in an international auction house from 2015 to 2020. In April 2020, Agathe de Bazin joined Christie's in the Design department, as Head of Sale. She quickly took charge of organising sales, particularly collections that would mark the history of design sales in Paris in 2021: namely the Marion Lambert, Stéphane Danant, Annie and Jean Dalsace (Maison de verre) and also Daniel Lebard collections. All these names sound like ideal opportunities to confront the views of those who are at the origin of the most beautiful design collections of the 20th century. Since her arrival, Agathe has contributed to the numerous world records that have marked these sales: no less than 11 for the Stéphane Danant collection, 2 for Pierre Chareau (in the Annie and Jean Dalsace collection), 24 for the Daniel Lebard collection, as well as the world record for a Claude Lalanne work, the 'Structure végétale' chandelier, which reached €3,740,000.

Après une double formation en histoire de l’Art à l’École du Louvre et en management des biens et des activités culturels à l’ESCP, c’est dans une maison de vente internationale qu’Agathe fera ses premières armes de 2015 à 2020. En avril 2020, Agathe de Bazin fait son entrée chez Christie’s au département Design, en tant que responsable des ventes. Elle y prend rapidement en charge l’organisation de ventes et particulièrement de collections qui marqueront l’histoire des ventes design à Paris en 2021 : à savoir la collection Marion Lambert, Stéphane Danant, Annie et Jean Dalsace (Maison de verre), ou encore celle de Daniel Lebard. Autant de noms qui sonnent comme des occasions rêvées de se confronter aux regards de celles et ceux qui sont à l’origine des plus belles collections de design au XXe siècle. Depuis son arrivée, Agathe a contribué à obtenir les nombreux records mondiaux qui ont rythmé ces ventes : pas moins de 11 pour la collection Stéphane Danant, 2 pour Pierre Chareau (dans la collection d’Annie et Jean Dalsace), 24 pour la collection Daniel Lebard, ainsi que le record mondial pour une œuvre Claude Lalanne, le lustre ‘Structure végétale’ qui a atteint €3,740,000.
Capucine Tamboise
Specialist, Head of Sale
+33 (0)1 40 76 72 13
ctamboise@christies.com
Paris
Graduated from Warwick University in Art History and from Essec in Management, Capucine started her career in several international auction houses. In 2014, Capucine joined Artcurial and actively worked on the creation and development of two specialty departments. She was in charge of the organization of Scandinavian Design sales and contributed to obtaining several records for Danish and Finnish designers like Paavo Tynell. In 2023, Capucine returned to Christie’s where she began her career in 2008, as a specialist in the Design department. Her knowledge of the market will be a major asset to continue the development of 20th Century Design sales.
Robin Beyries
Associate Specialist
+33 (0)1 40 76 72 57
rbeyries@christies.com
Paris
Robin graduated from Law and History of Art from Panthéon-Sorbonne University, holding a Master’s degree in European Law and a bachelor degree in History of Art. Robin joined the Design department in Paris at the beginning of 2017 and developed his expertise in Design first as in intern and cataloguer with a particular affection for French Art Deco. Over his career Robin has played a central role in the authentication of works under research, with a focus on French Design, and today liaises with an international network of external committees, specialists and institutions. During his time at Christie’s Robin contributed to the success of the ’white glove’ sale of Les Giacometti d’Hubert de Givenchy that achieved the highest result for a Design sale in 2017 (€ 32,748,500) and secured a pair of stools by Diego Giacometti. Set for inclusion in a Paris Design sale in 2019 the pair fetched €394,000.
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Robin est diplômé en droit et histoire de l’art de l’université Panthéon-Sorbonne. Il est titulaire d’un master en droit européen et d’une licence en histoire de l’art. Il a rejoint le département Design à Paris début 2017 et a développé son expertise en Design, avec une affection particulière pour l’art déco français, d’abord en tant que stagiaire puis catalogueur. Au cours de sa carrière, Robin a eu un rôle clé dans l’authentification d’œuvres faisant l'objet de recherches, en particulier dans le domaine du design français. Aujourd’hui, il est en liaison avec un réseau international de comités externes, spécialistes et institutions. Durant son passage chez Christie’s, Robin a contribué au succès de la vente Les Giacometti d’Hubert de Givenchy, qui a atteint le prix record pour une vente de design en 2017 (€ 32,748,500). Il a également contribué à obtenir un ensemble de tabourets signé Giacometti. Inclut dans une vente Design à Paris en 2019, le prix a atteint €394,000.
Eléonore Poitiers
Junior Specialist
+33 1 407 67 226
epoitiers@christies.com
Paris

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Flavien Gaillard

Head of Design, Europe

+33 (0)1 40 76 84 43

fgaillard@christies.com

Paris

Flavien Gaillard is a key player in the international market, with fifteen years of experience at Christie's and an unwavering passion for 20th-century design. Dedicated to bringing forgotten design names back into the spotlight, he has developed a publishing programme which includes monographs on Roger Capron and Jean-Louis Avril, the latter of whom he exhibited early in his career. Since joining Christie's in 2011, he has expanded his focus to encompass all the major figures of the 20th century, including Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand and Jean Royère. On a global level, Flavien plays an active role in generating interest among buyers in major names in design. He played a key role in publishing the catalogue for the first ever exhibition dedicated to the Giacometti brothers in Asia. He has made a pivotal contribution to the global success of iconic collections such as the Maison de Verre (€15 million) and Daniel Lebard (€32 million), as well as Lalanne-dedicated sales. Rediscovering an artist's entire career and renewing market interest lies at the heart of his work. He has organised unique monographic sales for Jean Royère (2017), Georges Jouve (2018), Line Vautrin (2022), Charlotte Perriand (2022) and Louis Cane (2025). These sales generated long-term market interest and set a series of world records for these artists. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the KREO gallery in 2026, Flavien will be showcasing major pieces by Marc Newson, Hella Jongerius, Konstantin Grcic and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec at Christie's.

Fort de quinze années d’expérience chez Christie’s et d’une passion sans faille pour le design du XXe siècle, Flavien Gaillard est un acteur incontournable du marché international. Œuvrant à la revalorisation des noms oubliés du design, il développe un travail d’édition qui comprend notamment la réédition d’une monographie sur Roger Capron ou la publication d’un ouvrage dédié à Jean-Louis Avril qu’il expose à ces débuts. Ayant rejoint Christie’s en 2011, il élargit son champ d’action à tous les grands noms du XXe siècle tels Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand ou Jean Royère. Très actif à l’international, Flavien développe l’intérêt des acheteurs mondiaux pour les grands noms du design. Ainsi, il joue un rôle clé dans le catalogue de la toute première exposition consacrée aux frères Giacometti en Asie et contribue au succès mondial de collections emblématiques comme celles de la Maison de verre (15M€), de Daniel Lebard (32M€) ou des ventes dédiées aux Lalanne. Faire redécouvrir la trajectoire d’un artiste, renouveler l’intérêt pour l’ensemble d’une œuvre, est au cœur de son action. Ainsi, Flavien multiplie les ventes monographiques inédites. Dédiées aux univers de Jean Royère (2017), Georges Jouve (2018), Line Vautrin (2022), Charlotte Perriand (2022) ou Louis Cane (2025), elles suscitent un intérêt à long terme du marché et une série de records mondiaux pour tous ces artistes. En 2026, Flavien célèbre les 30 ans de la galerie KREO chez Christie’s, en présentant les pièces majeures signées Marc Newson, Hella Jongerius, Konstantin Grcic ou Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec.

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