THE ART OF ENDURANCE || How Delcourt Collection Sculpted a Legacy Beyond Trends
It’s one thing to make beautiful furniture. It’s another to do so for thirty years while shaping a brand that endures with quiet strength.
In an industry where aesthetics evolve and attention spans shorten, building a brand that thrives over decades requires more than talent. It demands conviction. For Christophe Delcourt, founder of Delcourt Collection, that conviction was rooted in an unwavering belief in materials, craft, and creative autonomy. What began as a modest showing at Maison & Objet in 1995 has since evolved into a name synonymous with French sculptural design, one that quietly reshaped the contours of contemporary luxury.
EKO sofa, IBO coffee table, design by Christophe Delcourt. Photo Grégoire Alexandre.
Delcourt’s early story isn’t one of strategic launches or marketing formulas, but of pure creative instinct. Trained in theatre at Paris’s Cours Florent, he first fell in love with space through scenography—his sets were compositions of emotion, materials, and presence. That fascination with the tangible led him naturally to furniture. By 1995, he was crafting prototypes by hand, collaborating with a cabinetmaker and a blacksmith to translate ideas into form. Self-production was not a trend but a necessity—one that would become the backbone of the brand’s identity.
By the end of that first year, American buyers like Neiman Marcus had taken notice. Delcourt’s commitment to artisanal quality stood apart from the prevailing wave of minimalist anonymity. In the decades that followed, the brand’s vocabulary expanded, but the values remained: an embrace of natural materials, integrity of form, and enduring partnerships with ateliers who bring these visions to life.
Collection 2024 "Horses in My Dreams", ORS table and CLE armchair, design by Christophe Delcourt; UGO lamp, design by Théophile de Bascher. Photo Francis Amiand.
From its intimate beginnings in the Marais district of Paris to its 200-square-meter Left Bank showroom and international showcases in Milan and New York, Delcourt Collection grew deliberately—never rushed by fashion’s tempo. Today, the catalogue includes over 500 designs spanning tables, chairs, sofas, lighting, cabinetry, and textiles. Each piece is made to order, each detail considered. This is design that listens before it speaks.
Collection 2023 « At the Edge of the Woods », design par Christophe Delcourt. Photo Francis Amiand.
The 30-year milestone isn’t marked by reinvention, but by reaffirmation. In 2025, Delcourt Collection opened a 250-square-meter flagship in Mumbai, becoming the first French luxury furniture house to establish a standalone presence in India. It is not just a business expansion—it’s a testament to the brand’s cultural resonance and quiet ambition.
In Christophe Delcourt’s world, time is not an enemy but a collaborator. It shapes wood, patinates bronze, softens textiles, and reveals the staying power of design that respects its materials, its makers, and its mission.
