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Jacques Lestrille

tapestry

Tapisserie d'Aubusson per Les Ateliers Pinton
France, c. 1965
hand-woven wool 61 h × 68¼ w in (155 × 173 cm)
estimate: $2,000–3,000
result: $2,000
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Woven signature to lower left corner: [Jacques Lestrille]. Signed with applied fabric manufacturer's label to verso: [D'apres Le Carton De Lestrille Tapisserie D'aubbuson Tissee Par Les Ateliers Pinton Freres].
provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair, Lake Bluff, IL | Thence by descent

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The Edward McCormick Blair House

Lake Bluff, Illinois

East view of the McCormick Blair house.

View of the living room featuring modern furnishings and floor-to-ceiling windows.

In 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Edward McCormick Blair commissioned the Chicago-based architectural firm Keck & Keck to design their home in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Furnished with pieces designed by George Fred Keck and William Keck as well as other archetypes of modernism, the home was deemed by the Architectural Record in 1957 as “a residence of exceptional distinction”.

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