Kraemer & Cie
43 rue de Monceau Paris 75008
In business since 1875, the oldest and one of the most prestigious of the city’s galleries specializing in top-quality 17th- and 18th-century furniture and objets d’art, shown in the family's private residence.Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
7 rue Debelleyme, Paris 75003 Métro: Filles-du-Calvaire
A chic contemporary art gallery run by the noted Austrian dealer Ropac, located in a Marais courtyard. Among the artists he reagularly shows are Mimmo Paladino, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Tom Sachs and Gilbert & George.Bastien de Almeida
46 rue La Condamine Paris 17th
In Paris's Batignolles trendy district, a shop carrying stunning American vintage fashion as well as specialized books and DVDs. It even offers sewing classes. Closed Sun-Mon.Gabrielle Laroche
12 rue de Beaune Paris 75007 also at 25 rue de Lille Paris 75007 Métro: Rue du Bac
Paintings, sculpture and woodcuts from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and 17th century.Agnès b.
2-4, 6, & 19 rue du Jour, 1st 6 & 10-12 rue du Vieux Colombier, 6th 13 rue de Marseille, 10th
A quintessential Parisian fashion brand for men, women and children, including accessories and leather goods.La Belle Hortense
31 rue Vieille-du-Temple Paris 75004
An unusual bookstore-and-bar selling paperback and hardback books, literary magazines and reasonably priced wines, to be taken home or sipped on the spot in earnest discussion with the philosophically-minded regulars.Jamin Puech
61 rue d’Hauteville Paris 10th
Handbag designers Benoît Jamin and Isabelle Puech opened their first boutique in 1996 after designing bags for Chanel, Balmain and Karl Lagerfeld, and their bags quickly became hallmarks for the fashion set. The fanciful limited-edition bags are handmade in leather, raffia or embroidered fabric, with decoration in all-natural materials—wood, seeds, horn, bone, shells and beads. Several shops in Paris (check our listings) including this inventory boutique for bargain-hunters.
Centre Commercial
2 rue de Marseille Paris 75010 Métro Bonsergent
Near the Canal Saint Martin, a shop dedicated to fair trade, the organic and the environmentally friendly, with Danish fishermen's sweaters, Aveyronnais shepherd's leather bags, Veja sneakers made from ecological cotton and Amazonian rubber from Brazil. It's all bobo chic, contemporary and timeless.FrenchTrotters
128 rue Vieille du Temple Paris 3rd
This beautiful store in the upper Marais is for devotees of timeless French chic, with a handpicked collection of exclusively French fashion brands—menswear, womenswear and a superb housewares collection. There are also books and hard-to-find European cosmetics brands.Galerie Patrice Trigano
4 bis rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 75006 Métro: St-Germain-des-Prés
Modern and contemporary art, offering works by Botero, Derain, Hartung, César, Arman, Hundertwasser, Red Grooms and Magdelena Abakanowicz.Galerie Ratton-Ladrière
11 quai Voltaire Paris 75007 Métro: Rue du Bac
Along with museum-quality medieval, Renaissance and Baroque painting, drawings and sculpture, this Left Bank gallery carries archaeological objects and primitive arts.Musée du Louvre
75058 Paris Métro: Palais Royal
The museum’s comprehensive collections cover the history of art from Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities to mid-19th-century European painting and sculpture, including Oriental, Islamic and primitive art and the monumental medieval remains of the Louvre itself.; information English/Spanish 01.40.20.53.17. Closed Tues.