Art & Design - Peter Woodward
Set of twelve William IV sterling silver plates by Paul Storr. Each plate engraved with the crest of Robert GROSVENOR (1767-1845) 1st Marquess of Westminster, hallmarked with Paul Storr’s makers mark and date marks for London 1837 Provenance: Ex collection Pierre Bergé & Yves Saint Laurent
19th century French walnut mirror in the Moroccan style
France, circa 1870
Provenance: Ex collection Pierre Bergé & Yves Saint Laurent
from their house “The Datcha” in the grounds of the neo-gothic villa, Château Gabriel in Benerville-sur-Mer, near Deauville, France.
Ten minutes away from the Château Gabriel (acquired in 1983), Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé had a little datcha built. Recalling the small country houses in Russia, it was decorated by their friend Jacques Grange, who created an interior reminiscent of the Ballets russes and Léon Bakst.
https://museeyslparis.com/en/biography/construction-de-la-datcha-dans-le-chateau-gabriel
large 20th century Italian library table in the 18th century style.
The top inset with black leather, the frieze contains two large opposing drawers, one drawer contains a metal label marked “F de Capitani, Palazzo Colonna, Roma”
Provenance: Ex collection Pierre Bergé & Yves Saint Laurent
Formally in Pierre Bergé’s library at Rue Bonaparte Paris
17 original brush and ink sketches by Yves Saint Laurent for a never published children’s book, Un Diable à Paris (A Devil in Paris). by Jacques Damase
France circa 1961
Priced for the collection, presented in UV resistant frames.
In 1961, Jacques Damase commissioned Yves Saint Laurent to produce the sketches for Un Diable à Paris. Yves Saint Laurent, who had not long left Christain Dior, produced around 100 unique playful sketches for the book. The book was never published
Described by De Chirico as a ‘publisher–poet,’ Jacques Damase published the work of Jean Cocteau, Jean-Paul Sartre, Paul Eluard and Charlie Chaplin, the first book on Braque’s sculpture. In 1949 he became editor of the review Labyrinthe. His own books included studies on the works of Jacques Callot, Braque, Chagall, Picasso and art of Sonia Delaunay.
