Lot Essay
The finely sculpted, twisting form of these candlesticks relates them to the designs of the celebrated rococo dessinateur Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier, whose oeuvre of circa 1750 features similar candlesticks on plates 33 and 35.
THE BARON DE REDE
Alexis, Baron de Redé, dubbed 'the best host in all Europe', was celebrated alike for his lavish entertaining as for his meticulous restoration of the 17th century Hôtel Lambert in Paris, where he resided from 1949 until his death in 2004. His glamorous circle included Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, the poet and patron of the Surrealists Marie-Laure de Noailles, the musicians Georges Auric and Francis Poulenc and the equally celebrated aesthete and bon viveur Charles de Bestegui.
THE BARON DE REDE
Alexis, Baron de Redé, dubbed 'the best host in all Europe', was celebrated alike for his lavish entertaining as for his meticulous restoration of the 17th century Hôtel Lambert in Paris, where he resided from 1949 until his death in 2004. His glamorous circle included Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, the poet and patron of the Surrealists Marie-Laure de Noailles, the musicians Georges Auric and Francis Poulenc and the equally celebrated aesthete and bon viveur Charles de Bestegui.