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Marchesa Luisa Casati (centre in white) and Leopard at one of her legendary masquerades at Piazza San Marco in Venice, 1913.
Christie’s.
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Gabrielle Coco Chanels elegant apartment with the bronze deers who once belonged to Marchesa Luisa Casati.
The gilt-covered woodland scene that frames the salon’s marble mantelpiece is reminiscent of the work of muralist Josep Maria Sert, Gabrielle Coco Chanel’s close friend.
There’s one thing that caught my attention the most. A couple of bronze deers that very few people know to be owned by Marchesa Luisa Casati. In fact, by 1930, Casati had amassed a debt of twenty-five million U.S. dollars and, unable to satisfy countless creditors, her personal possessions were confiscated and auctioned off at the Palais Rose in 1932. Among the bidders was Coco Chanel, who purchased these bronze deer mascots. After Marchesa’s failure, all her objects, artworks and rare collectables were sold and lost and many of these works, today, remain untraceable. That’s why this finding is invaluable! (x)
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John GallianoforChristian Dior, Haute Couture, Spring Summer Collection, 1998.
Model: Debbie Deitering.
Tribute to Marchesa Luisa Casati.
Not long after his arrival at Christian Dior, JohnGalliano invited us all to Paris’s Opera Garnier, where he staged what was probably his most lavish spectacle ever for the house on its grand marble steps. With the Marchesa Luisa Casati for a muse, the clothes looked straight out of an early 20th-century salon or ball. There were backless velvet gowns in Art Nouveau prints, opera coats with deep mink trim, lace sheaths and skirtsuits, and rose-strewn picture hats. And for the finale? A shower of pastel-colored tissue-paper confetti cut into the shape of tiny butterflies. Pure magic. (x)
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