Opposite the grand staircase leading to the first floor, Harry Nuriev has installed showcases representing ready-made refrigerators (a nod to Alain Ducasse) in which masterpieces from Baccarat's heritage collection are displayed in cool conditions, as if the artist wanted to keep the brand's DNA at the right temperature.

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Baccarat archives in the fridge
Baccarat archives in the fridge

"Like an antique store but in a modern way."

Harry Nuriev

These historic pieces include the Chanel plate, created in 1964 for Baccarat's bicentenary; and L'un Parfait, a set of six black Harcourt crystal glasses, only one of which is perfect - according to the quality requirements, designed by Philippe Starck. Above the display cases stands the Horloge Soleil, composed of sixteen crystal rays, and designed by Georges Chevalier; it adorned Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe's Manhattan apartment.

Miroir héritage Soleil

Georges Chevalier

Composed of 16 crystal spokes

This exceptional mirror is a reinterpretation of the prestigious Sun Clock created by Georges Chevalier, inspired by the Sun King's emblem adorning the gates of the Château de Versailles. When Baccarat opened its first boutique in New York in 1948, the Horloge Soleil shone in all its splendor. Dazzled by this creation, Arthur Miller chose it in the 1950s for the Manhattan apartment he shared with his wife Marilyn Monroe. The famous actress also owned Baccarat candlesticks created by Georges Chevalier, as well as Malmaison flasks.

Miroir héritage Soleil Georges Chevalier Composed of 16 crystal spokes

Chanel plate

Gabrielle Chanel - 1964

To mark the bicentenary of the manufacture's creation in 1964, Baccarat created a plate in homage to Gabrielle Chanel. The plate's wheel-engraved decoration is inspired by a drawing attributed to Coco Chanel. It depicts Chanel's scissors cutting a piece of fabric. The great couturier confided at the time, “I used these scissors to cut what others added.” Gabrielle Chanel radically simplified women's clothing, liberating the silhouette. This plate thus symbolizes the encounter between Chanel's “French elegance” and Baccarat's “French art de vivre”.

Chanel plate Gabrielle Chanel - 1964

Coffret Un Parfait - Philippe Starck

2005 - Limited Edition

Mixing tradition with poetic provocation, Philippe Starck transfigures the Harcourt glass, the brand's icon, transforming it into a cult object. The cut black crystal is a challenge for Baccarat's glassmakers, who manage to produce only one perfect glass in six attempts. This is due to the complex chemistry of the black composition and the fact that imperfections, bubbles, strings... are only revealed once the glass has been cut and polished, due to its opacity. Presented in a box on which Jean Cocteau's quotation “A l'impossible je suis tenu” is inscribed, like a challenge, “Un parfait” plays on imperceptible imperfection as an added luxury, the value of a unique object. Among 6 black crystal Harcourt glasses, he presents a perfect Harcourt glass, according to Baccarat's criteria of excellence, set on a red silk cushion.

Coffret Un Parfait - Philippe Starck 2005 - Limited Edition

NINURTA - Ettore Sottsass

2002 - Limited edition

The fruit of a meeting between Ettore Sottsass and Baccarat in 2002, Ninurta is part of a collection of ten limited-edition pieces whose names evoke Mesopotamian divinities. Ettore Sottsass gives his work a divine character, bringing it to life. He breathes a certain "magic" into this transparent architecture by playing on the material effects that crystal can offer. The shapes are massive and the colors vivid, allowing light to "reflect, refract and multiply".

Each of Ettore Sottsass's crystal works is an art object in its own right. By drawing inspiration from ancestral civilizations, Ettore Sottsass runs counter to the mass culture of contemporary design. In so doing, he gives the "object" a certain spiritual and cultural value.

The fruit of a meeting between Ettore Sottsass and Baccarat in 2002, Ninurta is part of a collection of ten limited-edition pieces whose names evoke Mesopotamian divinities. Ettore Sottsass gives his work a divine character, bringing it to life. He breathes a certain "magic" into this transparent architecture by playing on the material effects that crystal can offer. The shapes are massive and the colors vivid, allowing light to "reflect, refract and multiply". Each of Ettore Sottsass's crystal works is an art object in its own right. By drawing inspiration from ancestral civilizations, Ettore Sottsass runs counter to the mass culture of contemporary design. In so doing, he gives the "object" a certain spiritual and cultural value.
Harry Nuriev Portrait

Harry Nuriev

Fashion designer


Harry Nuriev, based in Paris and New York, is an artist, architect and designer. 


He is the founder and artistic director of Crosby Studio, a design and interior architecture agency established in 2014. Each of his creations is imagined against the backdrop of “Transformism”, a movement he himself conceptualized to describe practices that privilege transformation and transformative experiences.

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