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A Connoisseur's Quest: A LITTLE KNOWN IMPORTANT FRENCH ROYAL GIFT INTENDED FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON FROM LOUIS XVI AT NEW YORK CITY'S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM
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Monday, August 13, 2012. A LITTLE KNOWN IMPORTANT FRENCH ROYAL GIFT INTENDED FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON FROM LOUIS XVI AT NEW YORK CITY'S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. This is the ill fated King of France as he appeared on the eve of the French Revolution in a portrait I took recently during a visit to the Revolutionary Galleries at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris. Below is the familiar Gilbert Stuart portrait in the White House. Regrettably, it was a challenge President Washington did not have to confront. The even...
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A Connoisseur's Quest: October 2011
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Thursday, October 27, 2011. 18th Century Folies from the 1960's at Chateau de Groussay. However in the 1960's, one of the 20th Century's most admired and eccentric taste makers, the Hispano Mexican bon vivant Charles de Beistegui, spent the last 10 years of his life, in the wake of a stroke, embellishing his much admired Chateau de Groussay near Versailles with a population of absolutely magical follies to evoke the douceur de vivre. Of the 18th Century as it has seldom been evoked - even in Hollywood!
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A Connoisseur's Quest: October 2009
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Thursday, October 29, 2009. Visiting Great Homes and Collections, 1st in a Series: Chateau de La Motte Tilly, France. The Chateau de La Motte Tilly stands on the site of what was formerly an old Medieval house and was built in 1748 by the brothers Pierre Terray de Rozières , Consieller au Parlement. Éral `a la cour des aides. Along with his more important brother the Abb. Joseph Terry who was the money man for the government and Louis XV's last Contrôleur General des Finances. Below is the entrance hall.
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A Connoisseur's Quest: July 2012
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Monday, July 23, 2012. A Peek at the Usually Hard to See House by The Gustavian Designer Masreliez in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. This is a portrait of Louis Masreliez below. The Swedish Gustavian Style is often noted for its attenuated (some say a bit glacial) treatment of Pompeian inspired decoration. It's not as animated as the decor one sees in France in the 1780's and 1790's. But it's still quite beautifully quietly refined and very chic! Sunday, July 22, 2012. It would seem he also took his duties as an...
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A Connoisseur's Quest: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014. A CHARMING LOUIS XV PERIOD SUITE OF SEATING FURNITURE RETURNS TO VIZCAYA MUSEUM IN MIAMI. ATTRIBUTED TO NOGARET DE LYON. Christie's offered the plausible suggestion that the suite might be by the noted menuiseur active in Lyon during the reign of Louis XV, Nogaret. Examples shown on the Christie's online catalog as presented in December 2011 are seen below. Photos are courtesy of Christie's. Original 18th Century Naples and Chelsea porcelains, a Louis XV tôle cartel clock and ...
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A Connoisseur's Quest: March 2012
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Thursday, March 8, 2012. 18th CENTURY ART, FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS AT A RECENT CHRISTIE'S INTERIORS SALE, FEBRUARY 2012. Collecting public who are smitten by the current media driven craze for mid 20th Century modern. Never has it been so within reach of a collector on a budget to buy a perfectly respectable pair of Louis XV or Louis XVI fauteuils at auction! Below are two examples offered at that auction. Among the other offerings were 2 charming 18th Century snuff boxes with miniature painted scenes ...
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A Connoisseur's Quest: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009. Collections at Auction : 1st in a Series Being The Pescheteau-Badin Auction of The Maurice Aicardi Estate Collection. A Truly Gentlemanly Style! Maurice Aicardi's taste in arranging his home was clearly influenced by the great taste makers of his time like Charles de Beistegui, Madame Castaing, Georges Geoffroy and Maison Jansen. You see it in the patterned carpets, the leopard skin fabrics on chairs and pillows, the red walls of the chambre `a coucher,. He clearly wanted g...
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A Connoisseur's Quest: August 2012
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Monday, August 13, 2012. A LITTLE KNOWN IMPORTANT FRENCH ROYAL GIFT INTENDED FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON FROM LOUIS XVI AT NEW YORK CITY'S METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. This is the ill fated King of France as he appeared on the eve of the French Revolution in a portrait I took recently during a visit to the Revolutionary Galleries at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris. Below is the familiar Gilbert Stuart portrait in the White House. Regrettably, it was a challenge President Washington did not have to confront. The even...
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A Connoisseur's Quest: A Peek at the Usually Hard to See House by The Gustavian Designer Masreliez in Gamla Stan, Stockholm
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Monday, July 23, 2012. A Peek at the Usually Hard to See House by The Gustavian Designer Masreliez in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. This is a portrait of Louis Masreliez below. The Swedish Gustavian Style is often noted for its attenuated (some say a bit glacial) treatment of Pompeian inspired decoration. It's not as animated as the decor one sees in France in the 1780's and 1790's. But it's still quite beautifully quietly refined and very chic! Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. The Great Ant...
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A Connoisseur's Quest: April 2011
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011. An 18th Century Folie, First in a Series: Le Pavillon de Musique de Madame Du Barry. Instant pedigree by marriage! He immediately came to court at Royal command solely for the wedding. He was promptly sent back home to the provinces and never saw the bride again. Mission accomplished. One of the Paris's most celebrated and expensive prostitutes was now the king's favourite and was to go by the name of La Comtesse Du Barry! The dinner Madame Du Barry held for Louis XV was happily...
