Ancient Fabrics and Costumes - Le Manach Auction III

TEXTILES ANCIENS - LE MANACH III

from the Manufacture LE MANACH (*) collection
of ancient fabrics and wallpapers, and others

Thierry de Maigret - Drouot Richelieu (Paris)
February 04, 2011 - 2pm

(click on the picture to access the site, have a look at the wonders,
download the PDF catalogue, etc.)

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(*) - Le Manach was founded in the city of Tours in 1829 and is still active. It's the heir of long tradition of silk industry, which started in 1470, when king Louis XI decided to establish a French production of silk to avoid imports from Italy. Tours was the other French silk city, even if now Lyon is more famous.

Fan Paintings - Château de Versailles (ca. 1675)

Versailles - View of the Chateau as seen from the Place d'Armes

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Versailles - View of the Chateau seen from the garden

Those amazing gouaches will be put up for auction in Paris, Drouot, on April 16, 2010.
The auctioneer is Ferri & Associés.

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Fan Painting - Lot n°39
Gouache and gold
22,4 cmx 42,8 cm
Estimate € 10 000 - 12 000

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UPDATE - Those priceless paintings reached an unexpected high price : € 240 000 !

Saint-Cyr Fan

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This fan was auctioned a few months ago in Paris and went for €6000.
It was painted by the pupils of Saint-Cyr and given to madame de Maintenon in occasion of her name day on April 2 1699.

Saint-Cyr, or 'Maison Royale de Saint Louis', was a convent school founded by Madame de Maintenon to educate impoverished girls of noble lineage.
The age for the admission was 7 to 12. At the age of 20, the girls were given a certificate and a dowry and helped finding a decent position.
The painting shows scenes of the daily life in Saint-Cyr. Pictures of Saint-Cyr being rare, this fan is a very precious document.

Here is another interesting piece related to Saint-Cyr. It's the description and transcription (in english) of a french manuscript titled Proof of Nobility for Elizabeth Mérée d'Anqueville required for admittance to St.-Cyr.

18th & early 19th-century Costumes on Auction

Hotel Drouot (Paris)
June 12, 2009 - 1:00pm

Exhibition :
June 11 - 11:00 am to 6:00pm
June 12 : 11-12 am

Pictures on Thierry de Maigret

On Auction at Château de Lasserre

On auction, on May 16, lots of portraits from the 17th and 18th centuries, notably Louis XIV by Rigaud, Louis XVI attributed to Callet, and a lovely Louis XV as a child (ca 1720), all portrayed in their royal costumes.

And there is that beautiful anonymous lady, above, by Largillièrre.

Find all the information and pictures on the auction site : Stanislas Machoir Auction House

Tenducci -YSL Sale (2)

Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of Giusto Ferdinando Tenducci reading a score
oil on canvas, ca. 1773-75
Sold for €2,193,000

This beautiful portrait of the sopranist castrato Tenducci is my second reason.
More about the painting and the castrato on Christie's

That's the auction ! You finally know where a painting was at the very moment it's about to disappear again for years !