Objects, Lighting & Curiosities
Mirrors, lighting, decorative objects and curiosities: pieces that sit outside the gallery’s main categories but earn their place through character, quality or simply the response they inspire.
Christian Dior tumbler in 800 silver with embossed heart motifs, 6.5 cm high, 1980s.
Camille Fauré covered vase, circa 1930, in copper with thick translucent flower enamels, 32.5 cm high.
Set of twelve silver-plated “Animals” knife rests, circa 1940.
Three large folio albums containing 96 photographic plates documenting 110 furniture ensembles presented at the 1925 Paris…
Set of six square presentation plates with rounded corners and recessed circular centres, in polished nickel silver.
Five-piece “Ligne Actuelle” tea and coffee service comprising a teapot, coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl and round tray.
Complete 150-piece solid-silver flatware service bearing the Minerva hallmark, by Cardeilhac.
Twelve “La Fontaine’s Fables” knife rests in silver-plated metal, circa 1930, by Benjamin Rabier.
Spiral staircase in polished cast aluminium.
Folding travel desk with matching stool, designed by René Dumas for Hermès in the 1970s, in wood and saddle leather.