Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating

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Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating

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We are delighted to be selling the collection formed by the late Derek Parker and Peter Morris on the 17^th April 2024. Derek and Peter were interior decorators, antique dealers and collectors and were long standing clients and friends of Woolley & Wallis. Peter had a passion for porcelain in particular white glazed French porcelain and generously donated his collection to the National Gallery of Victoria based in Melbourne and all the proceeds of the sale will be donated to the gallery. 

Derek and Peter had houses in Scotland including Yester House, East Lothian, Mount Street in London, the South of France, Melbourne and the United States and accumulated some wonderfully decorative furniture and works of art over the past sixty years. Highlights of the collection include some super stylish John Fowler pieces including a table made for Nancy Lancaster which graced her dining room at Brook Street and the Coach House, and a beautiful pair of painted ribbon mirrors. Other highlights include a Roman marble Grand Tour bust, originally from Mentmore and a wonderful large bronze model of a recumbent greyhound or whippet.

The sale will take place in conjunction with the 8th Tim Woolley Memorial Lecture to be held on the 10^th April. This year the lecture will be based on Colefax & Fowler and Country House Decoration to be given by Charlotte Stuart of Charlotte Stuart Interiors.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PURCHASES REGARDING STORAGE AND COLLECTION OF LOTS (please note this is different to our auction in January 2024)

We are pleased to offer two weeks free storage at Sackville-West Moving & Storing, Andover, for all lots purchased from this sale.  Please note, owing to a busy sale schedule, all bought lots from this sale will be transferred to Sackville-West immediately after the sale.  Lots will be available for collection from Tuesday 23^rd April where they will be stored free of charge until the 7^th May, after this time storage charges will apply.  Please be aware no lots will be available for collection from Castle Gate or Castle Street.

For full details, please refer to the ‘Auction Information’ in the ‘Payment and clearance’ section at the back of the catalogue or on our website.