William Morris

Andrew Gn est non seulement un couturer reconnu internationalement dont les créations se retrouvent dans les plus grandes boutiques de tous les continents, mais également un grand collectionneur et - pour ceux qui ont; comme moi, le privilège de connaître son intérieur jalousement préservé - un goût sûr et délicieux. Il vient d'ouvrir "Le Salon" qui est plus qu'un "show-room" (quel affreux mot), mais un espace privé pour recevoir sa clientèle privée. Il fallait un cadre digne des socialites américaines,... [Lire la suite]

William Morris, 'Poppy' or 'Wreath', a wallpaper design, courtesy Bonhams LONDON.- Two rare designs created and inscribed by William Morris have been acquired at auction by the V&A with help from independent charity The Art Fund, it was revealed today. The works were bought at auction yesterday, 10 June for a total of £60,000, of which £30,000 came from The Art Fund. The first piece, an original design for 'Fruit' wallpaper, depicts leaves, lemons, oranges and pomegranates on a pale yellow background, and was painted by the... [Lire la suite]

A Dirk van Erp hammered copper and mica lamp, circa 1910, single socket base, with impressed windmill over a closed box enclosing the words DIRK VAN EARP below the ghost of D'Arcy Gaw. height 11½in (29.2cm); diameter 13 3/8in (34cm). Est. $15,000 - 20,000. © Bonhams & Butterfields LOS ANGELES.- Bonhams & Butterfields will hold its spring auction of 20th Century Decorative Arts on April 6, 2009. The 225 lot sale offers a diverse group of high quality and reasonably priced works spanning a century of design by well-known... [Lire la suite]