Sotheby's: the Hôtel Lambert Collection
Place Galerie Parmentier, Faubourg Saint-Honoré
A princely collection
From 11 to 14 October, Sotheby's organised the auctions of the princely collection at the Hôtel Lambert.
A flagship on the Île Saint-Louis on the Seine, the Hôtel Lambert, which some call the Versailles of Paris, has had a eventful life, but has always remained in private hands.
Last February, it changed hands. One branch of the Al Thani family, which had owned it since 2007, sold it to the businessman Xavier Niel. The breathtaking collection that furnished the Hôtel is now being sold at Sotheby's for the benefit of the Collection Al Thani foundation.
We have been commissioned by Sotheby's to produce the set designs for the Parmentier gallery for the exhibition and auction of 1,134 lots!
Expectations
We regularly work with Sotheby's to produce the sets for their auctions and associated exhibitions.
To showcase the princely collection at the Hôtel Lambert, the aim was to create immersive spaces across the three floors of the Parmentier gallery, as well as a backdrop for the auctioneer.
To achieve this, we dressed the walls with a textured velvet-effect adhesive to immerse visitors in a 17th-century setting.
The entire venue was decorated with photos of the Hôtel Lambert, printed on jet tex canvases and adhesive. We also reproduced a panoramic fresco (8.30 x 3.90 m), also printed on velvet adhesive, to cover an entire wall.
At the entrance, signage elements, printed on tarpaulins, adhesives and canvases, were arranged to inform and guide visitors.
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