About us
You are interested in the treasures we offer and we are delighted.
You also have the right to know who we are and how we work.
Alla HUREAU is an art historian and graduate of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, a professional musician (Piano), Doctor of Philosophy and Lecturer at Chelyabinsk State University until 2011.
Alla HUREAU created Antik-France in 2013 to offer her compatriots antiques, often first-hand, acquired in France, during inheritances.
Christian HUREAU, former director of a plastics factory (thermoforming), graduate in medical biology, inventor, cabinetmaker, but also computer scientist, cook and mountaineer (twice Mont Blanc), today the restorer of our objects but also those of third parties.
If you wish, you can take a look at our private life in the blog (at the bottom of the site), but you can also interpret the following figures yourself:
In 2012 we created our first website.
In 2013 we created Antik-France.
Over the years, more than 5,000 antiques have been put up for sale, most of which can be seen on our website.
Today we offer an average of 200 to 300 new products per year.
We have a warehouse and workshop of over 400 m² with all handling equipment and catering machines.
We ship at least 150 m3 of furniture and various items by truck, carefully packed by us, and more than 200 parcels directly to individuals each year.
Everything is in our hands: From the design of our site to its content, from the search for objects to their restoration, from taking photos to putting them online with information, then from packaging to shipping.
When necessary, we involve our best partners if they have more suitable equipment or use regulated activities, such as gilding.
We do everything we can to restore the objects to their original state. To give them back their former beauty and charm for our own joy and, we hope, for the joy of all who will own them.
Regarding the results of our previous activities (before 2012) – see below:
