Free exhibition of La Tour d'Argent tableware at Artcurial auction house

Artcurial is organizing a free exhibition of Tableware from La Tour d'Argent, as a prelude to their auction, until January 17, 2024. This exclusive immersion, the fruit of a collaboration with the Quai de la Tournelle institution, unveils over 320 lots, from furniture to decorative objects, bearing witness to the legendary history of the iconic Parisian restaurant.

Artcurial unveils the Arts de la Table de La Tour d' Argent in a free public exhibition, in parallel with their auction (January 12-19). Running until January 17, 2024, this exhibition-sale, organized in collaboration with the renowned Quai de la Tournelle institution, offers an exploration into the refined world of the iconic Parisian restaurant.

Having recently given itself a new lease of life, La Tour d' Argent is parting with its old decor at the famous auction house down the Champs-Élysées. For one week, visitors will have the opportunity to marvel at over 320 lots, from the mythical porcelain, crystal and silver-plated dinner services that accompanied the memorable dinners of this gastronomic treasure, to unique pieces of furniture anddecorative objects.

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The exhibition highlights such treasures as 19th-century plates in white porcelain with hand-painted decorations, white wine glasses in RIEDEL crystal glass, sets of silver-plated cutlery, and even historic menus dating back to 1722, bearing witness to inimitable savoir-faire handed down for centuries. In reference to the emblematic dish "caneton Tour d'Argent", duck can also be found in every sauce, in a Saint-Louis & Baccarat crystal version or in wood in a pair ofsigns. Notre Dame de Paris cathedral is also a recurring motif, sometimes as the backdrop to a "duck theater", sometimes in the foreground of a twentieth-century oil painting.

Finally, theexhibition even reveals an eclectic range of furniture, from Japanese potiches to Delft earthenware vases, mingling with Rocaille-style pieces such as a console table and a 19th-century sedan chair.

Artcurial invites you to plunge into the precious history of La Tour d'Argent, to appropriate a fragment of its timeless charm and to celebrate the art of gastronomy through an exquisite exhibition that honors the Arts de la Table of a legendary institution.

Free exhibition of La Tour d'Argent tableware at Artcurial auction house

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