LUSTRE EN BRONZE DORÉ, CRISTAL ET VERRE TAILLÉS,... - Lot 5 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

LUSTRE EN BRONZE DORÉ, CRISTAL ET VERRE TAILLÉS, VERRE TEINTÉ VERT, DE STYLE NEOCLASSIQUE RUSSE A GILT-BRONZE, CRYSTAL, CUT GLASS AND GREEN TINTED GLASS CHANDELIER, IN THE RUSSIAN NEOCLASSICAL STYLE a douze bras de lumiere; (perce pour l'electricite) H. 125 x D. 88 cm; 49 1/4 x 34 2/3 in. with twelve branches; (fitted for electricity) 16 MAI 2009 «Les peintres sont partis et je peux a nouveau profiter de la rue Bonaparte, de ces meubles et de ces objets qui nous ont appartenu.» “ The painters have left; I can enjoy Rue Bonaparte again, and the furniture and objects that belonged to us.” PIERRE BERGÉ, LETTRES A YVES, GALLIMARD, 2010 24 APRIL 2009 “I've started bringing lots of furniture to Rue Bonaparte. Much of it comes from Rue de Babylone, such as the? Chanel couch? that you had made for the small salon, the Senufo bird sculpture, the sconces and marble columns from the dining room, the Louis XIV medallion that I had at the Ile St Louis. I purchased a seventeenth century beige Coromandel folding screen, depicting a stag and doe resting beneath pines. Jacques Grange gave me some invaluable advice. Thanks to him, I was able to find the right spot for the glass table that had belonged to Chanel (...) We were able to make two curtains for the living room using the five suede ones from the library. I like the result and know you would too. I wanted a Gerard Mille atmosphere and feel we've achieved it, in part due to Jacques. You can't imagine how reassured I feel to live surrounded by these things that belonged to us, which have been so familiar for many years, and which remind me of you.” 24 AVRIL 2009 “J'ai commencé à apporter des meubles rue Bonaparte. Beaucoup viennent de la rue de Babylone dont le « canapé Chanel » que tu avais fait faire pour le petit salon, l'oiseau sénoufo, les torchères et les colonnes de marbre de la salle à manger, le mé