The world of Georges Geffroy (1905-1971), a leading figure in 20th-century interior design, is the takes center stage in this sale. A visionary interior designer and influential member of the cosmopolitan Café Society of the 1950s and 1960s, Geffroy attracted a prestigious clientele, including Arturo Lopez Willshaw, Alexis de Redé, Daisy Fellowes, Lionel and Gloria Guinness, and Guillaume and Dale de Bonchamps. The collection comes from Geffroy's flat, an intimate setting on the 5th floor of a building in the Rue de Rivoli that the decorator lived in from the early 1940s until his death in 1971.

Amateurs and collectors will also be able to discover treasures emblematic of the French art of living, from the Louis XV to the Louis XVI periods. These include some remarkable candelabras that once stood in Cassiobury House, the historic home of the Earls of Essex, and reflect the refinement of the great English homes. A pair of armchairs by Nicolas Heurtaut, a master cabinetmaker of the 18th century, are distinguished by their fine carving and exceptional Beauvais tapestry, embodying the elegance of the salons d'apparat. A mahogany and white marble console table, a masterpiece by Jean-Henri Riesner, the Crown's celebrated supplier, evokes the splendour of royal interiors, as does a similar piece on display at the Petit Trianon in Versailles.

On the sculpture side, the catalogue includes an exceptional piece of Sèvres biscuit porcelain, made around 1776 and depicting a portrait of the Emperor Qianlong. Of the thirteen examples created between 1776 and 1779, only six are known today, some of which are in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This work, prized by figures such as Marie-Antoinette, the Duchesse de Mazarin and Madame Adélaïde, embodies the refined taste of the 18th-century elite.

On a completely different note, a bronze inspired by mythology, probably based on a composition created around 1650 by the Roman Baroque sculptor Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654), will be on sale. This work is distinguished by its prestigious provenance: it bears the mark of the former collection of Count Aleksej Semenovich Musin-Pushkin. Subsequently, it became part of the collection of Eugène Secrétan, the famous French industrialist and principal donor of the Statue of Liberty in New York.