The more than 1,000 lots offer an anthology of Karl Lagerfeld's personal taste.
and others throughout his unprecedented fashion career, Lagerfeld lived lavishly and played house on a grand scale: A villa in Biarritz, and apartments in Rome, Berlin, New York and Monaco, one in the latter city famously decorated entirely in Memphis furniture. He was an early Memphis enthusiast and at the forefront of the Art Deco, Biedermeier and Vienna Secession revivals, among others.Yet Lagerfeld never remained attached to possessions for long.
He downsized his portfolio of residences in the years before his death in February 2019, saying he preferred to stay in hotels when traveling, such as the Mercer in New York. In Paris, he also had an apartment, filled to the rafters with books, on the Rue des Saints-Pères. According to Sotheby’s, the Pavillon de Voisins in Louveciennes near Paris, the last home purchased by Lagerfeld, took its cues from his German roots.“The decor harks back to the grand designs of the turn of the 20th century and creations of 1920s Germany, notably featuring designs by fellow countrymen such as Bruno Paul, set alongside early 20th-century German advertising posters which he had collected for over 30 years,” Sotheby’s said.
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