Macé's life
Earthenware and terracotta mantel dating from 1910 made by Hippolyte Boulenger Company
Hippolyte Boulenger compagny has realized many parisians building’s entrances and bought up Creil & Monterau’s earthenware factory in 1920.
This merger has risen the firm to a national fame with the most prestigious orders as wall-coverings in the Paris metro.
Underneath the mantel, a terracotta setting represents a salamander. A legendary amphibian whose stories are related to fire.
It likely originates from the tendancy of many salamanders to dwell inside rotting logs. When placed into a fire, the salamander would attempt to escape from the log, lending to the belief that salamanders were created from flames - a belief that gave the creature its name.
Sandstone fountain, early XVIIth century
Coming from Grandval castle in the Tarn region, this sandstone fountain from early XVIIth century is one of the last remains of this castle ; nowadays flooded by Rassisse dam's waters. Its amazing dimensions, ornamentation and origin makes this piece unique and prestigious.
Macé's gallery
With passion and professionalism, ancestral techniques are employed to offer to designers and artists to create embracing contemporary art. This illustrates Mace's gallery true desire to reach out to living art forms ans spotlight a heritage of art and culture.
Didier Sribny
Didier Sribny is a paintor and sculptor born in 1945. In 2006, André Macé exhibited the "Special trip to Venice". After a 3 meters relief creation "Tout" for a castel in Nievre, he created for Andrée Macé Gallery : limited editions, 8 copies of fireplace and a contemporary ironplate.