Showing posts with label Château de Ferrières. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Château de Ferrières. Show all posts
09 August, 2011
15 April, 2011
31 March, 2011
1972 Surrealiste Ball
The Dîner des Têtes Surréalistes reversed writing invitation after a Magritte sky
Château de Ferrières. For the evening the château was floodlit with moving orange lights to give the impression that it was on fire. 
Le Baron et la Baronne Guy de Rothschild
Portuguese guests: Senhora Espírito Santo and the Duke and Duchess of Cadaval 
Charles de Croisset, Marisa Berenson, Paul-Louis Weiller
Salvador Dalí and the italian princess Maria Gabriella de Savoia
Audrey Hepburn
Baron Alexis de Redé
The two headed Baroness Thyssen-Bornemizza and Guy Baguenault de Puchesse
Jacqueline Delubac
Claude Lebon and Charlotte Aillaud
Hugues Gall and Mrs. Rolf Libermann 
The Menu 
Table of the genius rhinoceros
Table of the metaphysical perspectives 
Table of the insane shoes 
Table of the tenderized turtles 
Table of the swaying dolls
Detail of a table with a fur dish, Mae West red lips and a blue bread
A sugar made woman laying in a bed of roses desert 
18 January, 2009
Les Domaines Rothschild
Le Château de Ferrières was built between 1855 and 1859 by Baron James de Rothschild. Rothschild ownership of the Château de Ferrières was passed down through the male line according to the rule of primogeniture. Considered the most important 19th century château in France, it is located in Ferrières-en-Brie about 26 km east of Paris.
Sitting at the crest of a long entry drive, the château was designed by the architect Joseph Paxton. The inspiration for the design of Ferrières was Mentmore Towers the house Paxton built for Baron James de Rothschild's cousin Mayer Amschel de Rothschild. On seeing Mentmore, Baron James is reputed to have summonsed Paxton and ordered "Build me a Mentmore... but twice the size!"
Was built in the Italian Renaissance style, with square towers at each corner, a formal terrace gives way to a landscaped park and 1.25 km² of gardens that were part of a surrounding 30 km² forest. The sculpting of the interior atlas columns and caryatids was by Charles Cordier and the decorative painting supervised by Eugène Lami. The showpiece central hall is 37 m long and 18 m high, its roof a full glass skylight. The massive library held more than 8,000 volumes. Because lavish entertaining was important, in addition to the private Rothschild apartments, the Château de Ferrières was built with eighty guest suites.
In 1959 Guy de Rothschild and his new wife, Marie Hélène set about refurbishing Ferrières. Their efforts saw it once again became the place where European nobility mingled with Hollywood movie stars at grand soirées. In 1975, Guy de Rothschild and his wife donated the château to the chancellery of the University of Paris.
Sitting at the crest of a long entry drive, the château was designed by the architect Joseph Paxton. The inspiration for the design of Ferrières was Mentmore Towers the house Paxton built for Baron James de Rothschild's cousin Mayer Amschel de Rothschild. On seeing Mentmore, Baron James is reputed to have summonsed Paxton and ordered "Build me a Mentmore... but twice the size!"
Was built in the Italian Renaissance style, with square towers at each corner, a formal terrace gives way to a landscaped park and 1.25 km² of gardens that were part of a surrounding 30 km² forest. The sculpting of the interior atlas columns and caryatids was by Charles Cordier and the decorative painting supervised by Eugène Lami. The showpiece central hall is 37 m long and 18 m high, its roof a full glass skylight. The massive library held more than 8,000 volumes. Because lavish entertaining was important, in addition to the private Rothschild apartments, the Château de Ferrières was built with eighty guest suites.In 1959 Guy de Rothschild and his new wife, Marie Hélène set about refurbishing Ferrières. Their efforts saw it once again became the place where European nobility mingled with Hollywood movie stars at grand soirées. In 1975, Guy de Rothschild and his wife donated the château to the chancellery of the University of Paris.
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