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Paris, France, France
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Hubert Guerrand-Hermes L'hotel de Lannion
Collection Hubert Guerrand-Hermès, L'hôtel de Lannion
The former Parisian home of the Hubert Guerrand-Hermès collection, Hôtel de Lannion is a testament to the architecture and opulence of the Ancien Régime. Built in 1754 by Jean Damun, architect to the Prince of Conti, the mansion is laid out according to the traditional Parisian townhouse floor plan “between courtyard and garden”. This first-rate reception space dazzles visitors with its interior decoration featuring gilded stucco adornments including the volutes and shell designs of the listed Louis XV Grand Salon, illustrating the persistence of the Rocaille style.
Like a tribute to the true purpose of Hôtel de Lannion – which is to showcase the great decorative arts –, Hubert Guerrand-Hermès called upon the decorator François-Joseph Graf when he took possession of the space. The designer had to incorporate a large collection including 18th-century decorative arts, post-war painting, and contemporary sculpture and design, with a certain taste for hunting.
In the several rooms Hubert Guerrand-Hermès presented Contemporary confirmed artists such as Daniel Spoerri, David Hockney or Yves Klein along with 18th century furniture such as this exquisite games table stamped by Henri Wirtz, a pair of gilt-bronze ornamental vases with children, circa 1820 or a late Louis XVI gueridon stamped by Adam Weisweiler. He collected original design like these green sofas made by Pierre Paulin but also artists from the Far East with Liu Wei. His taste was eclectic, he was surrounded by French porcelain and classical silver but also by works of art created by César and Max Ernst. Every inch of his hotel was full of art, from photographs by Man Ray to paintings by Jean-Baptiste Oudry with a particular taste for 18th century old master drawings. As a hunting lover, he assembled a set of paintings with dogs, hunting scenes by Jean-Baptiste Huet and Eugène
0101: Two gilt and silvered-bronze inkstands, circa 1800 | Deux encriers formant paire en bronze doréEst. €6,000-€10,000Lot Closed
0102: A gilt-bonze mounted Chinese porcelain vase, Kangxi period (1662-1722), late 18th-early 19th centuryEst. €6,000-€10,000Lot Closed
0103: A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted tulipwood, kingwood, amaranth, ebony, bone, ivory veneered gameEst. €15,000-€25,000Lot Closed
0104: A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze mounted Chinese ceramic ducks, circa 1750 | Paire de canards enEst. €5,000-€8,000Lot Closed
0105: A pair of gilt-bronze mounted petrified wood cassolettes, continental work, late 18th-early 19thEst. €4,000-€6,000Lot Closed
0106: A pair of gilt-bronze ornamental vases, circa 1820-1830, after a model by Pierre Gouthière |Est. €12,000-€18,000Lot Closed
0113: A pair of Louis XVI patinated and gilt bronze "aux chérubins" candelsticks, circa 1780 | PaireEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0114: A partly Louis XVI patinated and gilt-bronze mantel clock "au cheval", after the model by FrançEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0116: A Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted mahogany and plumpudding mahogany veneered mecanism table, circaEst. €5,000-€7,000Lot Closed
0121: French or Flemish, 18th century, after Gabriel Grupello (1644-1730) | France ou Flandres, XVIIIeEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0122: A pair of Regence style gilt-bronze mounted Chinese porcelain wine coolers, 19th century | Paire deEst. €1,000-€1,500Lot Closed
0123: A gilt-bronze mounted Chinese ceramic deer, late 18th | Daim en grès de Chine émailléEst. €3,000-€5,000Lot Closed
0124: A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze three-light candelabra, circa 1780 | Paire de candélabres àEst. €8,000-€12,000Lot Closed
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