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FROM SPRING DIALOGUES

INTERVIEW ON HENRI SAMUEL WITH DANIELLA OHAD

EERDMANS FINE ART @ THE 2018 KIPS BAY DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE

 
 

NOW AVAILABLE

HENRI SAMUEL: MASTER OF THE FRENCH INTERIOR

By Emily Evans Eerdmans with forewords by Jacques Grange and Eva Samuel.

The first book dedicated to Henri Samuel, considered one of the most important French interior designers of the twentieth century and acclaimed for his mastery of historic design, as well as his eye for contemporary presentation and furnishings.

PREVIEW AN EXCERPT COURTESY OF TOWN & COUNTRY MAGAZINE HERE
 

 
 
Many thanks to @staironstair and @muffiec and the entire team at @stairgalleries for a resplendent evening celebrating Henri Samuel with the choice collection of Susan Gutfreund as our setting. Mrs. Gutfreund herself was in attendance and she kindly shared some personal memories and insights. Swipe to see some of my selections from the upcoming Stair sale of the property from her Villanova house, including a leaf picture created by Marella Agnelli’s butler, a super chic black lacquer cocktail table previously belonging to #hubertdegivenchy and a bananas chaise longue that embodies the Rococo style previously belonging to the #baronderede 🙏 Thank you to all who came and made it such a special evening for me #collector #stairgalleries #susangutfreund #henrisamuel #eeebooks
This morning brings the first day of a new project that will require Snow White and 1000 dwarves to complete. It will be an exciting -if at times terrifying - adventure. I will try remember @christopherspitzmiller ‘s words of wisdom: #progresseveryday #whistlewhileyouwork #eerdmansfineart
Henri Samuel presides over his Paris library with the cool and confidence he was known for. A defining family memory of Henri takes place during the Second World War when Henri, a Jew but using false papers so he didn’t have to wear a Star of David or register with the local precinct as his parents did, stayed in Paris living in the chambre de bonne of his butler (who was fighting at the front). As he descended the stairs, he passed the Gestapo who asked him where Henri Samuel lived. Without blinking, Henri directed them to keep going as he continued down to safety. #unflappable #henrisamuel #inspiredinteriors #eeebooks #frenchstyle
This 1951 photo shoot with Dovima (Dorothy Virginia May) and Richard Avedon at the Great Pyramid of Giza is inciting major #wanderlust. According to my astrologer @hadley_antiques_ I should listen to the siren’s call as Uranus has just moved houses so the new mantra is travel, expansion, big ideas. Cheers to that!#theeyemusttravel #dovima #richardavedon #egyptomania
Happy International Women’s Day! These two women give me life - smart & substantive, fierce, fearless & fabulous Thank you @gayleking and @oprah for setting such an inspiring example #rolemodels #besties #internationalwomensday #ladyboss #equalpay
Please join me Saturday, March 16 at @stairgalleries in Hudson, NY for a special evening lecture and book signing celebrating Henri Samuel. On view is property from Samuel superclient Susan Gutfreund’s Pennsylvania residence which will be sold March 23. I’ve been told a few items included in the sale are from the Gutfreund Paris residence and boast aesthete-all stars Hubert de Givenchy and the Baron de Redé in their provenance chain. First photo is the Gutfreund dining room in Paris by Samuel; second photo is Henri flanked by clients and friends @susangutfreund and Liliane de Rothschild, from Henri’s own collection; followed by photos of the Gutfreund Villanova, Pennsylvania house decorated by Mrs. Gutfreund herself #henrisamuel @rizzolibooks #susangutfreund #hubertdegivenchy #baronderede #frenchstyle #francophile #eeebooks
Mr EEE and I are so happy to welcome Topper*, this little nugget of love from @cheshiresmilecattery , to our home. After a year of some difficult losses including our cat Stubby at Thanksgiving, it makes my heart burst with joy to watch this monster explore his new surroundings, including this ravishing arrangement by @plazaflowersnyc that arrived on Valentine’s Day from the dear @christopherspitzmiller . Topper*, like someone else I know, hails from Staten Island and has big blue eyes. *name in progress - also considering Mr Chow, Mallomar, and... #catsofinstagram #britishshorthair #toppereerdmans #furryfriends
Lee in Southampton, 1982. A devoted aesthete, she seemed to be always on a journey, searching. #rip #leeradziwill
Soooo excited to share my new column “Divine Design” in @nycandg debuting in the March issue. EIC @kcronstrom asked me to select this month’s covetable object from the collection of Mario Buatta and I immediately recalled this delectable sterling silver (the vermeil version pictured here) box in the form of a Seed Pod designed by Van Day Truex for @tiffanyandco in 1960. Mario spotted it in dealer Louis Bofferding’s window and had to have it. “I told Mario he could have the piece, but that he would need to wait a few weeks for my window display to come down. He kept calling me every day asking for it!” Louis recalls. 🙏 to @louis_seize , Kendell, Tiffany & Co., and editor Alyssa Bird #objectlesson #mariobuatta #designhistory #vandaytruex #karlblossfeldt #connoisseur #eeedivinedesign #nycandg