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The
Malassis market, whose innovative architecture and vast dome have been
a landmark at the entrance to the Paris Saint-Ouen flea market since
1989, has rapidly affirmed its presence and originality.
Its partly-covered lanes are an invitation to take a stroll through time, to discover on the ground and the first floor artefacts dating from the eighteenth century to the latest designer goods. Whether elegant spaces fitted out
as galeries or small stands bursting with furniture and objects, the
hundred or so merchants established at Malassis have created an entirely
unique atmosphere at the flea market.
These antique dealers possess the art of finding the most unusual furniture or objects, restoring them and placing them in an environment they create according to the inspiration of the moment. They juxtapose waxed furniture or whose patina they have revived, fun items or those whose original function has been transformed into part of a charming baroque or neo-classical décor which sometimes includes more contemporary elements as well.
Some antique dealers have a special affinity for a specific period and style, recreating a bygone era. Take for example the oriental stands, tableware, bistrot furniture, naval objects, a writer’s library or artist’s studio, collectors of watches, toys, postcards, etc., pearly trimmings and jewellery, and so on. This market after Prévert’s heart, full of the unexpected, is there to be discovered over and over again.
- Thirties and forties furniture
with its spare lines and well-rounded volumes made of precious wood
species The visitor emerges from his
stroll along the lanes somewhat bewildered, as if arriving from a journey
– a fast, varied journey filled with beautiful encounters.
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