The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection Auction: The Pieces Designers Are Eyeing

20th-century Moroccan silk tent hanging

“This Moroccan silk tent hanging, which was acquired from the collection of Alberto Pinto, is exquisite and would be the star of any space—if you can find a home for it! For those with double-height space, this is one I would suggest not passing up.”–Liz Caan, Liz Caan & Co.

Gilt furniture and French design staples

“When I think of Ann Getty, I think of an abundance of layers and chinoiserie, and that’s exactly the pieces I’m coveting from the auction: Louis XV–style black-lacquered and parcel-gilt low table, the William and Mary Japanned cabinet on gilt stand, and the pair of George II oil-gilt and white-painted Chippendale arm chairs. It’s a given I’m going to always bid on the classic French staples of design—in this case, the Maison Meilleur occasional tables and the pair of Cole Porter brass étagères. And you can never have too many of the classic brass swing-arm floor lights with ivory silk pleated shades.” –Mark D. Sikes, Mark D. Sikes

Drawings by Mary Cassatt

“One of the centerpieces of this collection is the Mary Cassatt pastel, Young Lady in a Loge Gazing to Right, but there is also a suite of extraordinary drawings. As a woman pursuing a career in the arts in the 1890s, Cassatt was an outlier. She famously wrote, ‘Women should be someone and not something.’ This suite of drawings perfectly represents her contribution as a proto-modernist who focused on the unsentimental depiction of the domestic life of women. The delicious two-dimensional pattern and delicate line work of these drawings are clearly influenced by the fascination with Eastern decorative arts of the time, and their deeply feminine subject matter makes them very special. I want them.” –Adam Rolston, Inc Architecture & Design