Online Auction: 17–23 July 2020 • 3:00 PM CEST • Paris

The Benjamin Steinitz Collection: a matter of provenance

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  A Set of Eight Parcel-Painted Wood Armchairs, Louis XVI Style, created under the direction of Elsie De Wolfe (1865-1950), circa 1940, For Montrose Nast Estimate €10,000–15,000

  Set of 8 armchairs made by the legendary figure of American interior design during the 1940s, Elsie de Wolfe, for the press mogul Condé Montrose Nast’s penthouse on Park Avenue in New York. He published renowned magazines such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, The New Yorker, and House & Garden.

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  French School, 20th Century, a Side Table, Estimate €8,000–12,000
  

  This console table belonged to the Count of Paris, his Excellency Henri D'Orléans (1908-1999), who employed it with a matching desk at the Coeur-Volant Manor in Louveciennes, France. According to family lore, he designed this furniture item himself and commissioned it to be crafted at Hermès company. We can see the Count of Paris working on his desk in a photograph dated 1956.
  

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  Antoni Gaudí, Vase, circa 1900-1905, Estimate €35,000–50,000
  

  Identical vases can be found on in-situ views of the famous Casa Batlló in Barcelona, Spain. They were created by the acclaimed Spanish architect, Antoni Gaudi.

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  A Suite of Eight Walnut Rustic Chairs, French or English, 19th Century, from the Collection of Pierre Balmain, Estimate €25,000–40,000
  

  Set of 8 carved walnut chairs from the collection of the fashion designer, Pierre Balmain. They are original and were directly inspired by prints produced by William Wright in 1838.
  

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  Théodore Gudin, Portrait Of Maun-Gwa-Daus, Chief Of Ojibwa, During His Presentation to King Louis-Philippe 1er Estimate €8,000–12,000
  
  

  Portrait by Théodore Gaudin (1802-1880) of the Native American chief Maun-gwa-daus, chief of the Ojibwa nation, on the day he was presented to King Louis-Philippe at the Château de Saint-Cloud in 1848.

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  A Louis XVI Gilt-Bronze Mounted Mahogany Bureau Plat by Philippe-Claude Montigny, circa 1790 Estimate €70,000–100,000
  
  

  This desk is illustrated in the auction catalogue of the collection of Count Philippe de La Rochefoucauld at the Château de Beaumont when it was sold by Park-Bernet in New York on 19 May 1951, lot 165. Gilt bronze platings were later added on the rosettes along the frieze’s corner cubes; they were then removed. This desk is depicted on an interior view of Alexandre Serebriakoff when it belonged in the collections of Nathaniel de Rothschild.

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  A Pair of Mahogany and Painted Wood Chairs, England, 19th Century , Estimate € 4,000–6,000

  A pair of chairs from the Rushout family, then by inheritance to the Spencer-Churchill family.
  
  

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  A Pair of Carved, Painted and Giltwood Benches Possibly After a Design by Emilio Terry, First Half of 20th Century, Estimate €12,000–18,000

  A pair of Empire-style bench seats probably created by Emilio Terry for the Fould-Spring family for the vestibule of the Royaumont abbey palace. They were then owned by Nathaniel de Rothschild.
  
  

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  A Mother of Pearl and Hardwood Dining Set of Six Chairs and Two Armchairs, Egyptian, First Half 20th Century, Estimate €18,000–25,000

  A set of eight chairs from the property of Lord Colin Christopher Paget Tennant (1926-2010), Third Baron of Glenconner, on the island of Saint Lucia, Caribbean. He was famous for the parties he organized there that brought together aristocrats, jet-setters and show business stars.

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