Enfilade

Detail of a tray from a Sèvres tea service (déjeuner ‘corbeille losange’) painted by Armand l’aîné, dated 1758 (Five Hundred Years of European Ceramics, Lot 164, estimate £100,000–£150,000).

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From Bonhams and Eventbrite:

After Hours at Bonhams: The Classics
Bonhams, London, New Bond Street, 4 July 2022, 6pm

This summer, explore The Classics, a series of auctions dedicated to the Classic Arts at Bonhams. This season of sales will offer rare and exceptional items across traditional collecting categories, including ceramics, fine glass, works of art, furniture, silver, sculpture, clocks, Old Master paintings, antiquities, books and manuscripts, and more.

Join us After Hours at Bonhams for an evening of art, drinks, food, music, workshops, and conversation set against the backdrop of our forthcoming auctions.

A fine and rare mid-18th-century quarter chiming table clock, chinoiserie decorated on a light yellow ochre ground; Eardley Norton, London, numbered 297 (Fine Clocks, 14 July 2022, Lot 73, estimate: £7,000–10,000).

Programme Highlights
• Join broadcaster and creative director at Glassette Laura Jackson in conversation with The Wallace Collection, celebrating the must-see exhibition Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts, with co-curators Helen Jacobsen and Wolf Burchard
• Live performances by multi-instrumental duo Momento Sounds
• Portraits by artist Michalis Christodoulou
• London Calligraphy pop-up booth

Also Featuring
• Ice-Cream Parlour by Ladurée
• Pay Drinks and Cocktail Bar

On View, The Summer Classics
• Old Master Paintings, 6 July 2022
• Antiquities, 7 July 2022
• 500 Years of European Ceramics, 7 July 2022
• Decorative Arts through the Ages, 13 July 22
• The Grand Tour Sale, 14 July 22
• Fine Clocks, 14 July 22