The interior designer who redecorated Versailles and the Louvre is auctioning 75 of his most cherished pieces
French interior designer and art collector Jacques Garcia is a man for whom the word “understated” does not exist.The White Lotus
Most of the items are of royal provenance, including two pairs of armchairs and a sofa thought to have been ordered for Marie-Antoinette’s Turkish boudoir at Fontainebleau , as well as a fireguard and writing table used by the queen.Photograph: Art Digital Studio/Sothebys The estate, where Garcia keeps the reported purchase of at least one artefact every day, is an extraordinary monument to his eclectic and extravagant taste. From the dazzling splendour of rooms filled with baroque treasures from the reign of kings Louis XV and XVI to the Dalí-esque and disturbing: a hallway ceiling is decorated with taxidermy crocodiles above cabinets of stuffed animals and a vast collection of pinned insects.
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