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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
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0150: A late Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted plumpudding mahogany guéridon, early 19th century, stampedEst. €30,000-€50,000Lot Closed
0151: A Meissen porcelain zoomorphic tureen and cover, 19th century | Terrine couverte zoomorphe enEst. €3,000-€5,000Lot Closed
0153: A set of four Strasburg faience hunters, manufactory of Paul Hannong, design by Jean-Guillaume Lanz,Est. €4,000-€6,000Lot Closed
0154: French, 19th, in the manner of François Ladatte | France, XIXe siècle, dans le goûtEst. €3,000-€5,000Lot Closed
0155: A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted mahogany encoignures, circa 1780, attributed to CharlesEst. €8,000-€12,000Lot Closed
0156: A Paris porcelain part dinner and dessert service (manufacture de la reine, rue Thiroux), circaEst. €3,000-€5,000Lot Closed
0157: A Meissen porcelain ornithological composite part-dinner service, mid-18th century | Partie deEst. €7,000-€10,000Lot Closed
0158: Twelve Paris porcelain (Dagoty) ornithological dessert plates, circa 1820 | Douze assiettes àEst. €4,000-€6,000Lot Closed
0159: A Brown-Green Armorial Glass Table Service, Germany or Bohemia, late 19th century | Service deEst. €3,000-€5,000Lot Closed
0160: Twenty-six Paris porcelain (Honoré and Dagoty manufactories) green-ground dessert plates, circaEst. €4,000-€6,000Lot Closed
0161: A pair of Sèvres (hard-paste) porcelain faux-lapis ground botanical dessert plates, circaEst. €1,000-€1,500Lot Closed
0162: Three Paris porcelain gold-ground cabinet cups and stands, circa 1820-1830 | Trois tasses et sousEst. €2,000-€3,000Lot Closed
0163: A set of six silver double salt cellars, four by Henry Auguste, Paris, 1789, the other two probablyEst. €5,000-€8,000Lot Closed
0164: A set of 6 silver and silver-gilt double salt-cellars, 5 by Henry Auguste, Paris 1789 - 1816, 1 byEst. €8,000-€12,000Lot Closed
0165: A pair of silver candlesticks, Louis-Joseph Lenhendrick, Paris, 1765-1766 | Paire de flambeaux enEst. €15,000-€20,000Lot Closed
0166: A George II silver set of 18 royal dinner plates, apparently unmarked, circa 1740 | Ensemble de 18Est. €6,000-€8,000Lot Closed
0167: A silver set of 12 royal dinner plates, ten George II apparently unmarked, circa 1740, two byEst. €4,000-€6,000Lot Closed
0168: A 228-piece parcel-gilt silver Meissonier-design flatware set, Odiot, Paris, modern | MéEst. €5,000-€8,000Lot Closed
0169: A set of four silver dancers after Cousinet, Aucoc, Paris, circa 1880 | Ensemble de quatre danseursEst. €5,000-€8,000Lot Closed
0170: A pair of silver dancers after Cousinet, by Aucoc, Paris, circa 1880 | Paire de danseurs en argent,Est. €3,000-€4,000Lot Closed
0171: A pair of silver covered tureens, Jacques-Pierre Marteau, Paris, 1759-1760 | Paire de terrines etEst. €18,000-€22,000Lot Closed
0172: A French silver ewer, unidentified silversmith, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, circa 1760 | Aiguière enEst. €4,000-€6,000Lot Closed
0173: A silver wine-cooler, Henry Auguste, Paris, 1785-1786 | Seau à rafraichir en argent par HenryEst. €10,000-€15,000Lot Closed
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