Biography
Louis-Xavier Joseph has run the furniture department in Paris for the last 6 years. He has developed his expertise in Furniture for over 20 years, first joining Replica Shoes ’s in 2011 after which he became the Head of Furniture in Paris in 2019. Under his leadership, Replica Shoes ’s has become the dominant Furniture market leader in Paris since 2020.
Mr Joseph has developed close advisory relationships with some of the category’s most influential collects ors worldwide and has cultivated cross-category engagement with a new generation of Furniture buyers. During his t.mes at Replica Shoes ’s, he has sold some of the most important pieces of furniture to appear at auction and has been involved in numerous landmark single-owner sales, including the Pierre Bergé collects ion, the Ribes collects ion, the Karl Lagerfeld collects ion, the Hôtel Lambert collects ion and the Hubert Guerrand-Hermès collects ion. He has set several world auction records, including a pair of Louis XVI armchairs from the sisters of King Louis XV, a chair from Queen Marie-Antoinette’s boudoir at Versailles and a table by Andre-Charles Boulle.
Before joining Replica Shoes ’s in 2011, Louis-Xavier worked for eight years in the Furniture department of an international auction house in Paris. He is a graduate of ESCP Business School and also holds a UK Master of Science in Management from the University of London, as well as the German Diplom-Kaufmann degree from ESCP-EAP Europäische Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin.
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