Carrying on our tradition of eccentric taste and high style in our old Bywater Warehouse and Studio.
Our curated collection offers antiques that create grand culinary gatherings, playful garden parties, and rooms that reflect your individual whimsy and taste.
Decorations Lucullus also offers interior design consultations on how to be very au courant using antique and vintage choices.
~ Life is Better with Antiques! ~
Catalog of Curated Offerings
That droll historian of interiors, Mario Praz, once remarked he could never truly trust a person who did not care about their house. Whether one room or fifty, what matters is furnishing with pieces that charm the eye, reflect your style and ensure social ease.
~Tables & Chairs, Armoires & Cabinets, Buffets & Consoles~
Nature hardly needs advice on grandeur, but a few added flourishes never hurt. We have antique garden tables, chairs, fountains and other tools and ornaments for le joli jardin.
~Tables & Seating, Ornaments & Tools~
Forget the aggressive minimalism threatening to sterilize originality from the interior. Our antique decorative choices will imprint a room with your authentic personality. Be fearless about scale, shy with imitation and playful in your choices.
~Mirrors, Lighting, Art & Objects~
Zen wisdom holds that every sip we swallow contains a universe. Why not wrap that universe in a bit of history and fine craftmanship?
~Coffee & Tea Things, Wine and Spirits Glassware & Accessories~
~Clever Old Corkscrews & Barware~
Dining solo or in state - a bit of style is still the best seasoning for every menu. The ancient Roman general Lucullus was as famous for his well-appointed eating rooms as his banquets. Discover ways to create your own Lucullan feast.
~Flatware & Dishware, Fantastic Refinements & Linens~
Uplift kitchen duty with snazzy antique accoutrements for cooking, stirring, roasting and toasting. Fortunately the stylish can be made to accommodate the sensible, and pretty does not automatically exclude the practical.
~Pots & Pans, Ironworks & Mechanical Magic~
Decorations Lucullus
Interior Design, Decorating & Styling
Our Corps d'Entrepôt
Patrick J Dunne
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Patrick started Lucullus forty years ago and continues to take the lead role is purchasing, describing, and authenticating the merchandise. He is also an active partner in the design firm, Decorations Lucullus and specializes in reclaiming period interiors for 21st century living. He and Lucullus has been featured widely in lifestyle magazines and media programs. He has written and lectured extensively on the history of culinary style, and the elements of Southern decorative taste. He remains forever convinced Life is better with antiques.
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After decades in the business, he not only knows antiques but understands them. In his capacity overseeing sales, he is infinitely charming as well as instructive. He also assists in buying, the floor design of the showroom and has a masterful touch in floral presentations. He is a partner in the design firm Decorations Lucullus where his expertise centers on styling rooms.
Kerry P Moody
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Professionally educated in Interior Design and qualified as ASID, he also studied architecture. He continues his education with frequent trips to Europe to expand his special interest in the various expressions of classical style. As the youngest member of the Lucullus team, he brings fresh perspectives as well as the discipline of meticulous attention to detail. In addition, he is the managing partner in the firm Decorations Lucullus.
Nathan T Drewes
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A mainstay of Lucullus for decades Michele’s, education and previous experience centered on the art and museum world in England and America. She spearheads our research projects, and identifies prospective new sources for inventory. She also assists in Decorations Lucullus and oversees our social media.
Michele Bray
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Years of sensitive handling of our conservation and restoration work has made him deeply familiar with period techniques and construction. His raison d’etre is preserving and restoring fine works of craftsmanship for another generation or two. He is also a musician of note and songwriter. With his underground rock and roll band “Chicken Snake” & country band “Jerry Teel and the Big City Stompers,” he has produced a substantial discography of vinyl albums.
Jerry Teel
LJ Gonzales
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Lambert is an eight-generation native of New Orleans and a trained classical guitarist. Additionally, he handles the metal restoration for Lucullus and is one of the few practitioners of the ancient craft of wipe-tinning copper cookware.
Visit Lucullus Antiques
915 Kentucky Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70117
Hours
Monday through Saturday
9 am to 5 pm
Phone
(504) 528-9620
