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# Venice Showroom Showcases French 1950s and '60s Furniture and Decorative Arts
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/072705-story-20050727-2/
- Published: 2005-07-27T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:31:43.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Venice, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

A Venice showroom shows what is tres jolie. According to officials, the showroom is a revival of interest in French furniture and decorative arts of the 1950s and ’60s among designers and collectors. The “French ’50s-’60s” offers much that transcends the traditional collector’s items associated with the era, publicists say. Drawing on 30 years of experience, owner Michele Sommerlath has dedicated the last six years to cultivating a collection from Europe and America, reflecting the best from her favorite era of design.

“Designs of the 1950s and ’60s are creative and contrary to what was being done just before during the ’30s and ’40s,” Sommerlath said. “It was the first time that designers were interested in the function of furniture, not just the aesthetics.”

French ’50s and ’60s is located at 1427 Abbot Kinney Blvd. You can design the sweater of your dreams

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 27, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/072705.pdf?ref=smdp.com)