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Contact:
Catherine Manson (London) 44 207 389 2664 cmanson@christies.com
Capucine Milliot (Paris) 33 140 76 84 08 cmilliot@christies.com
Andrée Corroon (New York) 212 636 2679 acorroon@christies.com
WILDENSTEIN
Magnificent French Furniture, Objets d'Art & Tapestries
Unseen for Decades and In Pure, Untouched and Unrestored Condition, the Superb Wildenstein Collection Will Be Revealed at Christie's.
The Wildenstein Collection of Magnificent French Furniture and
Objets d'Art
Christie's King Street, 14 & 15 December 2005
London - Christie's announces the sale of the Wildenstein Collection of Magnificent French Furniture, Objets d'Art and Tapestries will take place in London on 14 and 15 December 2005. The sale of this vast collection, started at the turn of the century by Nathan and Laure Wildenstein and comprising more than 250 works of art, including an unprecedented dispersal of magnificent Boulle furniture, is estimated to realise over £14 million ($25 million).
The depth and range of the collection is as extraordinary as its impeccable, untouched condition. The majority of the works have remained undisturbed since their acquisition up to one hundred years ago at the turn of the 20th century and the collection has not been available, even to the cognoscenti, for either viewing or acquisition. Its appearance on the market is a true landmark event in the annals of French furniture collecting.
"After careful thought, Wildenstein has decided to sell the contents of the Hôtel de Wailly at 57, rue de la Boétie in Paris to create new facilities for housing the archives and research workrooms of the Wildenstein Institute, the world's leading publisher of catalogues raisonnés. While the works of art have great meaning for us, the property has not been used as a residence since the death of our grandfather, Georges Wildenstein, in 1963," said Alec and Guy Wildenstein. (Full family statement available.)
"This auction will be an important event in Christie's history and it is an honour for us to be entrusted with this highly significant sale", said François Curiel, Deputy Chairman of Christie's.
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Sale 7171, Lot 15
Attributed to
Andre-Charles Boulle
A Louis XIV ormolu-mounted and Boulle brass-inlaid brown tortoiseshell bureau plat, c. 1710
31 3/4 in. (80.5 cm.) high;
80 1/2 in. (204 cm.) wide;
41 1/4 in. (105 cm.) deep
Estimate: £1,500,000-3,000,000
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