03 October 2012

Remains of the Day


(Left to right) Dressed as a Chinese emperor and his court, Alexis de Redé, Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, his wife, Patricia, and interior decorator Georges Geffroy attend the Beistegui ball in Venice, September 3, 1951. Photo courtesy of the Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s.


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1 comment:

  1. The Devoted Classicist03 October, 2012 09:13

    I was just thinking about Georges Geffroy after the recent auction of the contents of Helene Rochas' Paris home. The Geffroy-designed bookcase for Alex de Rede's library in Hotel Lambert has long been a model for imaginative cabinetry. Thanks for the heads up for the L-W auction.

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