Jean Hannon

A Desk in Paris, John Train

1953-54

While Jayne Wrightman’s taste was universally recognized as exquisite—she was a peerless collector and long served as a trustee at the Metropolitan Museum of Art—the society grande dame and philanthropist chose to work with Parisian decorators Maison Jansen upon acquiring her palatial Fifth Avenue home. In fact, Jansen had already started; the apartment’s previous owner, private dealer Renée de Becker, had brought them in. Wrightsman and husband Charles continued with Jansen; upon principal Stephane Boudin’s death, they began working with Henri Samuel, thus beginning a long association. While the bones of the room owe much to Jansen, the decoration—the colors, the upholstery, and most of the furnishings—are Samuel. Shown here is the sprawling 31-foot-by-21-foot drawing...

A five-bedroom, pale blue-and-turquoise country house located an hour and a half southwest of Paris, Maison de Lèves served as a lifelong laboratory for France’s maîtresse of interio...

Interior is an original drawing in pencil on creamy paper, realized by R. Cazanove. Not signed. The state of preservation is good except for some foldings on the upper margin. The...

Sketch of an Interior is a Pencil Drawing attributed to Gustave Bourgogne and realize in the Mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature.