FROM THE COLLECTION
OF THE LATE 9th EARL OF GRANARD
HOTEL DE BROGLIE, 73 RUE DE VARENNE
PARIS
(Lots 72-74)
A private residence since its construction, the hôtel at 73 rue de Varenne, like the Domaine in Alain-Fournier's Grand Meaulnes, conceals behind its high walls a rich history and fine eighteenth century interior décor.
Purchased in 1752 by Victor-François de Broglie, Duc de Broglie and Maréchal de France, the hôtel Julliet de Taverny was, until 1777, the residence of Abbé Charles-Maurice de Broglie, Bishop of Noyon. The Duc then decided to occupy the hôtel himself, at which point the central part of the building was extended two-fold towards the garden and was given a new façade by the architect Le Boursier. The walls of the main salon were then covered with panelling carved with arabesques. Seized and stripped of its furnishings during the Revolution, the hôtel during the nineteenth century belonged to the Duchesse de Montebello, widow of Maréchal Lanne and former Lady-in-Waiting to Empress Marie-Louise.
Purchased in 1910 by the American collector, Ogden Mills, and then occupied by the American Forces during the First World War, the hôtel was completely refurnished at the beginning of the 1920s.
A French mahogany and oak 'D'-end extending dining table
IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A French mahogany and oak 'D'-end extending dining table
In the Louis XVI style, Early 20th Century
The top with a moulded edge and plain frieze, of four fluted baluster legs, joined by a pierced channelled stretcher, carved with a Vitruvian scroll and centred by a baluster upright, one end fitted with a pair of additional hinged fluted tapering legs, with eleven extra leaves
Closed: 72¾ in. (184.6 cm.) wide; 71¼ in. (181 cm.) long; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) high
Each leaf: 27¼ in. (69 cm.) long; 72.34 in. (184.6 cm.) wide
In the Louis XVI style, Early 20th Century
The top with a moulded edge and plain frieze, of four fluted baluster legs, joined by a pierced channelled stretcher, carved with a Vitruvian scroll and centred by a baluster upright, one end fitted with a pair of additional hinged fluted tapering legs, with eleven extra leaves
Closed: 72¾ in. (184.6 cm.) wide; 71¼ in. (181 cm.) long; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) high
Each leaf: 27¼ in. (69 cm.) long; 72.34 in. (184.6 cm.) wide