Specializing in 20th-century Decorative Arts, Jacques Lacoste has set out to promote French Design of the 1950s.

Particularly sensitive to the work of Jean Royère, Jacques Lacoste acquired his archives in 199,7 and dedicated two exhibitions in Paris to the artist in 1999 and 2003, and one in New York at Sonnabend Gallery in March 2008. In 2003, he brought his expertise to bear on the publication of a book on Royère,...