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38Alfred Beurdeley (1847 - 1919)150,000 - 250,000EUR
A French gilt-bronze mounted ebony and Japanese lacquer Cabinet à quatre faces, Paris, circa 1870 -
18A Russian Porcelain Vase, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander III, marked and dated 188580,000 - 120,000EUR -
84Four Silver-Gilt Plique-À-Jour, Guilloché and Champlevé Enamel Sherbet Cups and Stands, Antip Kuzmichev and Khlebnikov, Moscow, 1896-190840,000 - 60,000EUR -
6A Russian Porcelain Vase, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, Period of Alexander III, 1889-189180,000 - 120,000EUR -
3François Linke (1855 - 1946)20,000 - 30,000EUR
A French gilt-bronze mounted amaranth, satiné, citronnier and pearwood marquetry 'table des muses', after the model of Jean-Henri Riesener, second half 19th century -
30François Linke (1855 - 1946)50,000 - 80,000EUR
A French gilt-bronze mounted kingwood, satiné and stained holly marquetry table à ouvrage 'coquille', Paris, circa 1900 -
63A Fabergé Agate and Silver-Mounted Bowl, Karl Gustav Amrfelt, St Petersburg, 1899-190850,000 - 70,000EUR -
57François Linke (1855 - 1946)100,000 - 150,000EUR
A French gilt-bronze mounted mahogany, satiné and thuya marquetry commode, Paris, circa 1910 -
89A Silver-Gilt and Niello Tea and Coffee Service, Pavel Ovchinnikov and Vasiliy Semenov, Moscow, 1875 and 1876null30,000 - 50,000EUR -
113A Group of Silver-Gilt Plates and Serving Pieces from the Orloff Service, Carl Tegelsten, Nicholls & Plincke and Ivan Morozov, St Petersburg, 185060,000 - 80,000EUR
Exhibition Times
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Paris
- Fri, 21 Jun 19 | 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM CEST
- Sat, 22 Jun 19 | 11:00 AM - 07:00 PM CEST
- Sun, 23 Jun 19 | 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM CEST
- Mon, 24 Jun 19 | 10:00 AM - 06:00 PM CEST
Overview
Sotheby’s is pleased to announce Vue sur la Riviera – La villa d’un collectionneur, a sale that will be held in Paris on 25 June.
Monaco in the third quarter of the 19th century was a thriving and growing metropolis. Its redevelopment during the 1860s had been overseen by its Prince, His Serene Highness Prince Charles III and the brilliant Francois Blanc. The opening of the casino, the building of sumptuous grand hotels, villas, pleasure gardens and thermal baths attracted European Royalty, grand dukes, aristocrats, rich South Americans, American plutocrats, English Lords, as well as the Ballets Russes.
The owners of the villa - whose collection comes to auction in this sale - followed the tradition of previous aristocratic owners of the property, and decided to perpetuate the Belle Époque ambiance when they refurbished and rebuilt what was to become their family home.
In an atmosphere of quiet elegance they sponsored musical evenings, talks about art and entertained royally. They aimed to recreate the mood and feel of a grand Belle Époque villa with only the best of what the exciting industrial age of the 19th century could produce in furniture and decorative arts.
They scoured salerooms and catalogues, met antique dealers and collectors, searching for the very best of paintings and furniture made by furniture makers such as Linke, Dasson, Zweiner, Sormani. They dressed vitrines with splendid ceramics with imperial provenance and sumptuous Fabergé silver, and added Imperial silver gilt services that the Tsarina Catherine might once have dined upon.
They created a home, but also an ambiance that the likes of the Francois Blancs, the Rochefoucaulds, Sherbatoffs, the Bessobrasovas, and the later émigrés such as Kschessinska and European Aristocracy would feel at home in.
But now they have decided to move on and let others share the fruits of their passion for collecting and love of these astoundingly energetic periods in the history of decorative art.
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