"French Modern Paintings, XVIII Century French Furniture, Objects of Art Collected by the Late Thelma Chrysler Foy. Parts One and Two." 1959 (SOLD)

"French Modern Paintings, XVIII Century French Furniture, Objects of Art Collected by the Late Thelma Chrysler Foy. Parts One and Two." 1959 (SOLD)Collected by the late Thelma Chrysler Foy (1902 1957) Walter Chryslers daughter Thelma inherited her fathers love of statement art; in fact, the heiress gained a reputation as a society style icon and collector of rare antiques. According to Time magazine, she was repeatedly voted among the worlds 10 best dressed women, thanks in no small part to her vast array of sumptuous Christian Dior gowns (many of which she bequeathed, along with other couture

Collected by the late Thelma Chrysler Foy (1902-1957)

Walter Chrysler’s daughter Thelma inherited her father’s love of statement art; in fact, the heiress gained a reputation as a society style icon and collector of rare antiques. According to Time magazine, she was ‘repeatedly voted among the world’s 10 best-dressed women’, thanks in no small part to her vast array of sumptuous Christian Dior gowns (many of which she bequeathed, along with other couture fineries, to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art before her death in 1957).

She and her Texan husband Byron Foy, a longtime Chrysler executive, filled their lavish 740 Park Avenue apartment with 17th and 18th-century artefacts and Impressionist paintings by the likes of Renoir and Degas.

Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc

1959

11" x 7 3/4"

Part One:
French Modern Paintings & Drawings and Eighteenth-Century French Furniture
[197] pp.
369 lots

Part Two:
French XVIII Century Furniture & Paintings Objects of Art, Rugs & Books
[178] pp.
Lots 370-772

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