Some collections are read across a wall; this one is read like music. Organic Symphony is an imaginary portfolio of eight Art Nouveau botanical panels — a “lost” suite in the spirit of 1900s Paris — that follows a single mythical vine as it climbs from deep, tangled roots to the ethereal blooms of the upper canopy. Here is how our three in-house experts arrived at it.
The need — read by the decorator
Tall walls ask for vertical rhythm. Foyers, master suites and boutique lounges gain height and organic flow from a slender panel that draws the eye upward — and the softening, sinuous line of Art Nouveau is the perfect counterweight to hard-edged contemporary furniture. The brief was for portrait panels that behave like architecture: a recurring “whiplash” curve, a uniform parchment-and-gold ground, and a series that can be hung as a rhythmic set or savoured one at a time.
The production — made by the art director
The visual language is drawn from the École de Nancy, Hector Guimard’s ironwork curves, Émile Gallé’s botanical glass and Eugène Grasset’s floral ornamentation — the Belle Époque’s obsession with the living line. One shared style governs all eight works: burnished gold and antique parchment, accented with absinthe green, dusty heliotrope and deep peacock blue; a warm, stained-glass glow that lends the petals an inner luminosity; crisp umber ink-line contours and mother-of-pearl opalescence. Nothing is a copy of any historical plate — each flora is invented — yet the suite reads as if painted by a single hand, printed on acrylic glass so the gold and the glow gain real depth.
The sale — positioned by the gallerist
Organic Symphony is offered as a rediscovered archive: the intellectual weight of a historical portfolio with the visual impact of high-end decorative art. It is for the collector who loves the bridge between archival prestige and contemporary imagination — and who wants a set with a story, from root to bloom. Live with one panel as a statement, or gather several to let the vine climb your wall.
The eight panels
- Deep Roots — the tangled roots burrowing through dark earth toward mineral veins.
- The Waking Bulb — a luminous bulb parting its scales as a pale sprout rises.
- Rising Tendrils — young tendrils coiling upward in whiplash rhythm.
- Unfurling Leaves — broad leaves opening against a stained-glass glow.
- Secret Buds — closed rosebuds gathered on a field of gold.
- Golden Corollas — open corollas radiant at the vine’s midpoint.
- Silver Bells on Gold — pendant bell-flowers dangling from an arching stem.
- Ethereal Canopy — the delicate blooms of the upper canopy dissolving into light.
Explore the full collection here: Organic Symphony.