Jewellery, Silverware, Cartier and the archives of Jeanne Toussaint
AUCTION DATE
Saturday, June 16th 2018 at 2 :00 pm
Auction House Haynault
Av. Charles Thielemans, 44
1150 Woluwé-St-Pierre
info@haynault.be
EXHIBITION IN PARIS
Friday, June 8th from 11:00 to 17:00
Address : "La Salle", 20 rue Drouot,
75009 PARIS
EXHIBITION IN BRUSSELS
The exhibition will open on Sunday, June 10th from 2pm to 6pm: come discover the lots accompanied by a little snack.
From 4pm to 5pm, the sales expert, Laure Dorchy, will give a lecture entitled, Father's Day: “The masculine jewel” (free entrance, reservations strongly recommended).
The exhibition continues on Thursday, June 14th and Friday, June 15th from 2pm to 6pm and Saturday, June 16th from 10am to noon.
Auction House Haynault
Av. Charles Thielemans, 44
1150 Woluwé-St-Pierre
Phone
+32 2 842 42 43
WHO TO CONTACT
Laure Dorchy: laured@haynault.be
Rodolphe de Maleingreau: rdm@haynault.be
ADMIN, ABSENTEE BIDS
info@haynault.be
Jeanne Toussaint
Jeanne Toussaint (Cartier)
Lot of archives
Provenance from Jeanne Toussaint's estate, comprising numerous personal documents, including the letter from Louis Cartier naming her artistic director of Cartier, two letters from Pierre de Quinsonas one of which calls her "Panpan", an inscribed menu from the dinner given in her honour during the presentation of the Légion d'Honneur in February, 1950, an original drawing by Louis Cartier depicting Jeanne's cat, Samboura, dated 1915, unpublished photos of Jeanne, her birth certificate, a visa for the United States, the mayor's speech from her wedding, inventories of her estate, proof of payments of gold for national defence, a set of archived documents concerning the affairs of her husband, Baron Hély d'Oissel, in the Saint-Gobain company, last wills and testaments, photos of her property in Ciboure, family photos, photos of her during a trip to Africa, photos of jewellery, a photo dedicated to the actress Gabrielle Dorziat, photos of her personal jewellery, the floorplan of her apartment at Place d'Iena, photos of her taken by Cecil Beaton, inscribed "Edward & Wallis" greeting cards from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, correspondence with celebrities, coins including 2 silver ones, a Belgian 5-franc banknote, an assignat, etc.