Finding Orfelia
Conversations with the collectors, dealers, historians, and restorers who shape the world of antiques and cherished objects.
Collector & Curator, Beirut
Nadia Khoury has spent thirty years assembling one of Lebanon's most quietly celebrated private collections. We sat with her in her Achrafieh apartment, surrounded by Orientalist paintings and Ottoman silverware, to talk about what drives a collector, how she decides what stays and what goes, and why provenance matters more than price.
Interview with Nadia Khoury
Antique Dealer, Paris & Beirut
Jean-Marc Pelletier divides his time between a gallery on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine and a showroom in the Beirut Souks. In this conversation he reflects on forty years of buying and selling, the rise of online marketplaces, and why he believes the best pieces still find their owners through word of mouth.
Interview with Jean-Marc Pelletier
Textile Historian & Restorer
Layla Mansour trained as a textile conservator in Florence before returning to the Levant to focus on historic kilims and Anatolian carpets. She talks to us about the science of restoration, the ethics of repair, and why she refuses to work on pieces whose ownership history cannot be traced.
Interview with Layla Mansour