A specialist in 20th-century decorative arts and design, Harold Mollet works as a consultant to interior designers, brands and private collectors.
After studying art history, he joined Galerie Yves Gastou in 2012, where he honed his eye and knowledge of 20th-century furniture, discovering the beautiful lines of 1940s designers such as André Arbus and Gilbert Poillerat, and the strength and vivacity of 1970s materials such as Pierre Sabatier’s decorative panels. Alongside his work with the gallery’s international collectors and decorators, he also inventoried Yves Gastou’s personal collection of rings, and took part in the creation and writing of the book “Bagues d’Homme”, published by Éditions Albin Michel with Delphine Antoine. Harold Mollet then went on to work as a freelance consultant in Europe and the United States. Maintaining this cross-disciplinary approach to styles and periods, he works on commissioned projects and also offers a selection of pieces chosen for their histories and aesthetics, their strengths and their presence. He is currently working with collectors to decorate projects in Paris and Los Angeles, and advising haute-couture brands on acquisitions. Over the years, he has built up a varied collection, exhibiting some of these pieces by invitation at gallery shows and fairs, such as Art-O-Rama in 2023 at the suggestion of Marion Mailaender, or on specific projects such as the decoration of the collector’s suite by Gilbert Kann, which opened this year. Harold Mollet has also been interested in German design for a number of years, and is preparing an exhibition focusing on a figure from the “Konstruktive Tendenzen” movement.