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An important mid-century GARDEN STAND reputed to have come f…
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260
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An important mid-century GARDEN STAND reputed to have come f…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
An important mid-century GARDEN STAND reputed to have come from the Château de Coat-an-Noz.
Oblong in shape, it is adorned with two high-relief espagnolettes depicting Renaissance-style ladies. The body is adorned with chimeric foliage and supported by a gadrooned pedestal. Square base with four openwork columns. Lined with a brass tray.
19th century.
Height : 45 cm. Length : 65 cm. Depth : 35 cm (distortion, some screws to be restored, missing pedestal).
Family provenance :
- former collection of Sir and Lady Robert Mond at the Château de Coat-an-Noz.
- Purchased at the sale of household goods around 1949, then from the Guingamp collection.
This imposing planter takes us back into the fascinating story of the daughter of a humble miller from Belle-Isle-en-Terre: Marie-Louise Le Manac'h, born in 1869. Little "Maï" learned French at school, worked in a hotel in Saint-Brieuc and then "went up" to Paris in search of a less harsh life. There she met a strong man from Les Halles, with whom she moved to London. There, as a widow, she met the Spanish infant Antoine d'Orléans, who took her as his mistress. She was plunged into the splendours of social life, and it was thanks to another lover that her destiny changed. Lord Mond, a wealthy industrialist and enlightened art lover, made her his wife. For his sixtieth birthday, he gave her the Château de Coat-an-Noz in Belle-Isle-en-Terre. It's a safe bet that little Maï never even dared to dream about it... When he died in 1949, the house was sold and the household goods dispersed. It was at this time that our gardener left the legendary Mond collection.
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