The exhibition of the first designer auction of the season has opened, characterized by the elegance and sophistication of the past centuries, from the 18th to the 20th, and the sophistication of art education. The Palace received special designer furniture and rare interior items, including a collection of exceptional cultural items from the collections of the Romanian ambassador to the UN during the communist regime Nicolae Ceausescu – diplomat Nicolae Ecobescu. , as well as the great Romanian athlete – Valeria Bufanu-Stefenescu, three-time winner of the Olympic Games from Romania in the 1970s.

An important collection of protocol gifts that belonged to the late diplomat Nicolae Ecobescu – for example a miniature version of the Milad Tower in Tehransince 1975 (from the time until the implementation of the symbolic national project of modern Iran), a gift of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, delicate a vase in the celadon technique, with national symbolsa gift in 1982 from North Korean President Kim Il Sung, or one a set of wonderful vases in the partition carving techniquereceived from Chinese President Deng Xiaoping in 1978, will be offered for sale for the first time at Artmark’s upcoming interior decorative arts auction in February.

“Dad was one of Romania’s most talented diplomats and the first to receive the rank of ambassador. I only found out about it in the last years of his life because he didn’t brag about his achievements. I learned about him from the stories of his travels and the unusual experiences he had. He had the opportunity to meet with royal heads, emperors, presidents, prime ministers. Especially during the period when he was head of state protocol, from 1973 to 1983, he participated in all high-level visits. Many of the items presented at this auction are gifts received during that period and have the signatures of figures from the countries visited by Nicolae Ceausescu,” said his youngest daughter Sandra Ecobescu, president of the well-known and respected Calea Victoriei educational foundation. the full history of this collection can be viewed at YouTube channel Artmark.

These works are the perfect opportunity to delve into the vaults of history, into the secret drawers, all of them protocol gifts with museum value, celebrating the former and significant relations that Romania had and cultivated with important world powers outside the sphere of influence in the West. (Asia, South America, Central America, Eastern Europe, etc.), as well as with the countries of Central and Western Europe (from Great Britain and France to Switzerland or the Scandinavian countries). Proceeds from the sale of items from Ambassador Nicolae Ecobescu’s personal collection will be used to publish the final volumes of his long-running series, Romania: Surviving and Asserting Through Diplomacy in the Cold War, as well as to create a website on Romanian diplomacy of the time , which will include all 17 volumes, for the general public.

Also of note are exceptional collectibles such as a a cartel clock decorated in the Boule style OR the ornate office of the Regency with musical attributes (c. 1890) or Rococo chest of drawers “en tombeau”, decorated with gilt bronze floral wreaths, made by Pierre Bernard, purveyor to King Louis XV of France, mid-century. eighteenth. It is about another collection of a Romanian personality: Valeria Bufana-Stefenescu, a famous former athlete who won numerous awards at the Olympic Games in the 1970s, under Nadia Comaneci.

An event called Design auction, including scenes from the collections of the Romanian ambassador to the UN and a Romanian sports major will be held at Palatul Cesianu-Racoviță on CA Rosetti street no. 5 on February 22 from 19.00, as well as online, on the Artmark Live platform. All lots can also be seen at the exhibition, which opened today and is open daily, Monday to Sunday, 10am to 8pm, admission is free.

Neo Louis XVI table

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