A name synonymous with style, design and the English country house, 'Jasper Conran The Collection' will be offered in two parts: a Live auction (Part I) at Christie’s London headquarters on the 14 September and an Online sale (Part II) that is open for bidding from 1 to 21 September.
Providing a remarkable window in to the purity, simplicity and silence of the magical interiors that Jasper Conran created at Flemings Hall; Walpole House, Chiswick; Ven House, Somerset and most recently New Wardour Castle, the collection is a feast for the eyes. It presents a refined contemporary approach to the best of country house style, with the rigour and discipline that underscore Jasper’s unique taste.
Comprising over 430 lots in total, the Collection includes English Furniture, Old Master Paintings, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art, Indian and Islamic Works of Art, Victorian Paintings, European Furniture and Sculpture. Reflecting Jasper’s passionate pursuit of perfection, importance of texture, feel and history is tangible in each and every object and on every mellowed surface. The sale of this iconic Collection will be a landmark in the history of English taste and a celebration of all the fabulous interiors that Jasper has created over many years.
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The speaker shares their passion for the aesthetic arrangement of historical objects and art within their home. From the architectural magic of Wardour Castle to the storied provenance of English portraiture and rare furniture, the narrative emphasizes the romance of time and the emotional value found in the history behind each piece.
The first time that I went to Wardour Castle,
it was a beautiful sunny day and there in
front of you is this extraordinary double staircase swooping up
with an amazing rotunda.
You're just transported from something rather pedestrian
into something incredibly magical.
What I love is this collection of the objects
that come from all different parts of the world.
And this putting together, over centuries, the different elements that
go up to make the furnishings of the country houses, it fascinates me.
Each of them has a story and a tale to tell.
Early English portraiture has been one
of my great loves through my life.
through my life.
So, I've hung quite a lot
of other people's ancestors around my house over the time.
I don't know, Maria Brown actually turns out
to really be one of my ancestors and that
painting has an extraordinary story behind it
which is that I think it was his father
that turfed the monks out of a house that he had
and one of the monks laid a curse on
the family that they would die by fire and water.
This portrait is a response to that curse
it says on the portrait,
which roughly means I'm not bothered.
In the white drawing room there are a pair of
gilded tables and they have an amazing story
because I bought one and it corresponds
identically to a drawing by Thomas Chippendale.
in the Victoria and Albert Museum and then to my astonishment,
three months later, up at auction came what I believe to be the pair.
We think that they were probably separated in around 1820,
so this was the first time they'd been put back together.
The pattern of time, to me, gives an object an extra value.
It's got all the romance attached to it,
of having sat in this one place maybe for 200, 300 years,
and I see no reason to interfere with it.
The angel bed is from about 1720.
It's a remarkable survivor.
It comes from William Gladstone's family house
and it has this extraordinary canopy floating above you
and they were always suspended from the ceiling.
It's a beautiful, romantic, exquisite object for me.
I'm not a collector,
what I am involved in is an aesthetic marriage of objects.
I don't lay any claim to being the world's greatest expert,
but I do have a keen eye for the beautiful.
Let's go.
