Thousands of Karl Lagerfeld's personal items auctioned in Paris

In the October 2008 issue of Vogue, Karl Lagerfeld described his last apartment on the Quai Voltaire, with a view of the Seine and the Louvre, as "a spaceship for the city, where you don't feel anchored to the Earth ”. He had transformed, as Joan Juliet Buck noted then, “a classic French apartment of eight rooms and three bathrooms into an abstract space for drawing, writing and reading, with the necessary annexes for living - the bedroom and bathroom - encased in a nacelle of frosted glass walls”, with concrete and silicone floors dotted with furniture and objects by avant-garde designers such as Marc Newson, Martin Szekely, Barber Osgerby , Amanda Levete and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. There were, however, a few throwbacks, including handmade linens and lace. Because it must be remembered that the master of the house fiercely resisted certain advances of modernity, such as electronic mail. “I love the act of writing,” he explained to the journalist.

Karl Lagerfeld's last home, the Pavillon de Voisins in Louveciennes, was another visual essay intended to showcase Bruno Paul's (early 20th century German designer) furniture and recall his earlier passion for Art Deco with examples of work by French designers Louis Süe and André Mare – who created 1920s and 30s interiors for couturiers Jeanne Lanvin and Jean Patou – and posters by graphic designer Ludwig Hohlwein. This house, like Villa Jako, was an exquisite frivolity in which the designer apparently never spent a single night.

“I live in a set”, said Karl Lagerfeld of his solitary world, “but the curtain is down and I have no audience”.

Auction, December 14 and 15 in Paris at Sotheby's

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Translation by Jean-Marc Masala

Article originally published on Vogue.com

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