Architectural drawings, Grand Tour furniture and stylish interiors – buy a piece from a tastemakers collection at auction
29 April 2022 A collection from the US art dealer, historian and stylist Charles Plante is coming to auction this month at Dreweatts.
The private collection from the London home of Charles Plante is coming to auction at Dreweatts. Image credit: Andreas Von Einsiedel.
Plante summarises his taste as ‘Ruins…urns…classical landscapes and interiors; evocations in paint, pencil and watercolour of the ancient world…neoclassical furniture, porcelains and bronzes – all have been his passion for the past 30 years’.
The private collection from the London home of Charles Plante is coming to auction at Dreweatts. Image credit: Andreas Von Einsiedel.
The auction is a chance to acquire a piece from Plante’s London townhouse.
A selection from the 400 lots coming up for sale on May 10 at Dreweatts’ Town and Country: The Collections of Charles Plante and Rawdon Hall sale are highlighted here.
Tutors picture
This English School (c.1825) 'Portrait of a tutor with his two charges, one pointing to South America on a globe' is estimated at £5000-8000.
Interior picture
A watercolour of a 'Collector's cabinet room interior' by François-Etienne Villeret c.1800-66. It is estimated at £3000-5000.
Specimen marble top table
This rosewood William IV occasional table has a specimen marble top c.1835 and is estimated at £500-700.
Collection of Etruscan style vases
This collection of vases includes a late 19th century continental opaque-white glass vase decorated in the etruscan manner together with a flared vase and two other Continental opaque-white urns. The group has an estimate of £300-500.
Model of Jason and the golden fleece
This copenhagen red terracotta model of Jason and the golden fleece is stamped P. Ipsen, Kiobenhavn, Eneret, 379. It is estimated at £300-500.
