Architectural Digest, FEBRUARY 1997

Rolling in the 1920's_____

After producing a range of 1920s- and '30s-style custom furniture for two Los Angeles residences, Serge Psirn of Shapes Collection realized he had the collection of reproductions he'd been wanting to make for a long time.
"Some people like the antiques but want them brand-new," says Psirn. So he put together a catalogue of about 40 replicas of Art deco club and dining chairs, low tables, beds and fire screens produced in a manner as faithful to the original as possible. "The attention and the accent are on the shape, the line, the curve. One inch too high and it's not the same style anymore. Too much padding and it's not the same chair," says Serge Psirn, who oversees the reproductions. There is a U-shapes Dufrene bergere, a Trocadero leather club chair with rolled arms, an Edgar Brandt-style wrought iron low table with wide fretwork legs and a ville de Paris fire screen screen. Shapes Collection, 644 North Robertson blvd. Los Angeles, Ca. 90069; 310 659-0644

Architectural Digest, DECEMBER 1993

_____Frankly French

Craig Wright has found a cache in Los Angeles for French Art Deco leather club chairs and lighting made in 1920's and 30s. At Shapes Collection, owner Serge Psirn often carries a dozen or so leather club chairs, some with rounded arms and backs and others displaying the severe architectural lines of Jean-Michel Frank originals, which Psirn gets in from time to time. Psirn also has Albert Cheuret lights, such as a pair of crane sconces with alabaster shades made in 1927-1928. Showcased in the store are a Joubert-Petit armoire and a shagreen-top bufet. Beneath a row of chandeliers made by Daum and Muller is a immense frosted-glass table with a steel base that General Franco commissioned from Edgar Brandt but never took possession of. Shapes Collection, 644 North Robertson blvd. Los Angeles, Ca. 90069; 310 659-0644