Born in France, Thierry Despont studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and earned a Master’s in Urban Design from Harvard. After founding his architectural firm in 1980, he built a prestigious reputation, working on landmark projects such as the Statue of Liberty’s Centennial Restoration, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s Decorative Arts Galleries, and high-end hotels like the Carlyle in New York and Claridge’s in London. His many high profile clients included the likes of Bill Gates and Calvin Klein.
While best known for these projects, Despont was a no less accomplished visual artist. His enthusiasms were myriad, and his work focused on an almost incredible range of subjects, including but not limited to entymology, ichthyology, anthopology, history, and astronomy. The very smallest of earth's creatures, like insects, captivated him no less than the universe’s very largest—planetary bodies and the cosmos. All of his work was informed by an unrivaled art-historical expertise, lead by a wholly unique imagination, and driven by an omniverous curiousity for life and the very nature of existence.
A Knight of the French Legion of Honor and an Interior Design Hall of Fame inductee, Despont also authored design books. He exhibited his paintings and sculptures globally, notably at the Marlborough Gallery in New York, London, and Monaco.
Louis XV style Bergere from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
While Thierry Despont (1948 - 2023) was best-known for his architectural practice—for his integral role in the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, his re-imagining of the Ritz in P...
Upholstery, Wood
Vitrine No. 3, Cabinet of Curiosities from the collection of Thierry Despont
By Thierry Despont
Located in New York, NY
Regarding these aesthetic masterworks, architect and artist Thierry W. Despont wrote: "Like a taxidermist in the back room of a natural history museum, I reconstruct and assemble the...
Metal
$13,682
H 80.12 in W 67.72 in D 18.51 in
IMPORTANT CARVED BOOKCASE CABiNET FROM THE BATE COLLECTION IN OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite hand carved with Musical instruments, library bookcase cabinet, made for Charles T...
Glass, Oak
Antique French Louis XV Style Bombe Chest of Drawers
By Charles Cressent
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning French Louis XV bombe marble-top chest of drawers commode from the 19th century, styled in the manner of Charles Cressent (France, 1685–1768), finished in luxurious Rocco ...
Marble, Bronze, Ormolu
Petite Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This exquisite petite Louis XV style commode captures the elegance and charm of French Rococo design in a smaller, versatile size. Featuring a graceful serpentine bombe silhouette, t...
Wood
Pair of Black Wooden Vitrine Cabinets with Glass Doors
Located in Madrid, ES
Pair of cabinets / vitrines made of black painted wood on the outside and natural color wood on the inside. Door and sides made of glass, wooden shelves. The cabinets are new, unused...
Glass, Wood
Antique Louis XV Style Commode
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Antique Louis XV style commode with bronze mounts. The commode with cross-banding having mitered corners, serpentine front, recessed side panels, straight back legs and bronze mounts...
Bronze
Louis XV Style Marquetry Bombe Commode
Located in Houston, TX
20th Century Louis XV style rococo marquetry bombe commode with Sienna Marble top, floral and leaf marquetry, gilt bronze ormolu, two drawers and keys.
Siena Marble, Metal
Louis XV Style Black Lacquer Chest of Drawers
By La Maison London
Located in London, Park Royal
Pair of Louis XV style chest of drawers,Night stands made by La Maison London Black lacquered with bronzes handles and filigree. Serpentine legs 2 x drawers per commode.
Bronze
Renaissance Style Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Renaissance style vitrine cabinet is a stunningly beautiful masterpiece in white oak with superb carvings and detail. Note the fourteen carved figures, lion's heads and other su...
Oak
Louis XV Style Chest Of Drawers In Chinese Lacquer
Located in BARSAC, FR
Superb Louis XV style commode with all sides curved, richly ornamented with finely chased gilt bronze and magnificent animated lakeside decoration in Chinese lacquer. Topped with a...
Wood
Modern Bookcase Cabinet The Peabody Collection
By Lawrence Peabody, Craft Associates
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Designer: Lawrence Peabody Manufacturer: Craft Associates Furniture Period/Model: Mid-Century Modern Specs: Black walnut, Claro walnut veneer This Lawrence Peabody modern bookcase ...
Walnut
$4,603
H 77.96 in W 39.38 in D 16.54 in
Antique Art Nouveau Cabinet, Bookcase or Kitchen cabinet, Vitrine
Located in Berlin, DE
This impressive antique cabinet comes from the Art Nouveau era, around 1900. The cabinet impresses with its artistic decorations and the typical organic design language of this style...
Mahogany
Art Deco Walnut Vitrine China Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, TX
An Art Deco, two-section cabinet for china or bar storage. The upper cabinet has sliding glass doors and a mirrored interior. The lower cabinet fea...
Mahogany