MS Editions furniture: why a gallery started making its own (and what it changes for you)

Galleries are supposed to choose, not make. You find the designers, you show the pieces, you take your commission and let someone else worry about lead times. So why would a gallery start publishing its own furniture?

Because choosing has a ceiling. MS Editions is Monde Singulier's answer: furniture and lighting edited by the gallery itself, made to order and finished by hand. Our opinion, which you have probably guessed, is that it was the logical next step.

Editing furniture is an old Paris habit

The idea is not new, which is reassuring. In March 1956, Steph Simon opened his gallery at 145 boulevard Saint-Germain and became known as the editor and dealer of Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé and Serge Mouille. Pieces that collectors chase today went through a gallery that did more than sell.

Closer to us, Galerie kreo, launched in 1999 by Clémence and Didier Krzentowski, produces limited editions with leading designers, typically numbered and signed in runs of eight. Different models, same instinct: a gallery that produces can ask for things no catalogue offers.

What MS Editions actually is

MS Editions is the publishing house of Monde Singulier, under the creative direction of Guillaume Delacroix. Two collections so far, Cardinal and Romance, made to order, from a single piece to a full hospitality project, and finished by hand.

It completes the rest of the house. Created for Monde Singulier gathers 40 collections that designers drew for the gallery, and The Vestige handles 20th-century vintage. MS Editions is the part the gallery signs itself.

Cardinal: slats, lacquer and striped light

Cardinal is built on slatted structures in mahogany or black lacquer, with velvet or cowhide on the upholstered pieces. Light passes through the frames, so even the coffee table never weighs down the room.

• Cardinal Dining Table: a long rectangular top on two slatted bases, seats six comfortably. Around €4,000.
• Cardinal Dining Chair: a high back, a slatted lacquered base and an upholstered seat. Around €1,100.
• Cardinal Armchair: low and enveloping, three slatted sides around a deep seat. Around €1,800.

The lighting speaks the same language: a slatted cage around a paper shade for the table lamp, a slatted lantern on a tall column for the floor lamp. The light comes out in soft vertical bands, which does half the decorating for you.

Romance: scallops, turned legs, no apologies

Romance goes the other way: rounded seats, scalloped skirts and turned lacquered legs, in black or off-white lacquer with a choice of canvas and velvets. The collection gathers an armchair, a chair, a sofa, a bench, four tables and three lights.

• Romance Sofa: a continuous curved back on a scalloped base. Around €8,400.
• Romance Armchair: a deep, rounded seat, soft to sink into and crisp in profile. Around €3,300.
• Romance Wall Sconce: a half-tent of off-white paper with a scalloped hem, mounted flat to the wall. Around €400, and better in pairs.

Prices shown on the site including VAT, November 2026.

What it changes for you

Three practical consequences, none of them romantic, despite the name of the second collection.

1. A whole room, not one hero piece. With a dining chair around €1,100 and a dining table around €4,000, you can furnish an entire dining room in one language instead of saving up for a single signed object.
2. Quantities. Every piece is made to order, from one to a full hospitality project. Twelve identical chairs for a restaurant become a production question, not a treasure hunt.
3. Coherence. Each collection covers seating, tables and lighting. A hotel room, from the bedside table to the wall sconce, can be specified from a single family.

And because the gallery edits it, MS Editions mixes easily with the rest of the catalogue. A Cardinal table under a vintage chandelier from The Vestige is exactly the kind of tension we enjoy.

How to use it in a project

In a private home, treat it as the backbone: the dining set, the bedside tables, the lights, around which you place one or two signed pieces. Our guide on how to buy collectible design helps with the signed part.

For hotels, restaurants and larger residences, the logic is the one described in our FF&E procurement guide. The Conciergerie handles sourcing, production and project management with a dedicated contact, then insured delivery and white-glove installation.

Where to start

See the whole range on the MS Editions page, then compare the two families side by side: Cardinal for the graphic rooms, Romance for the ones that need a little softness.

Architects, designers and hoteliers: the way in is MS Pro, our trade programme, the simplest route to specifying MS Editions across an entire project.