Dreweatts is proud to announce the sale 'Alchemy of Design: The Collection of Count Manfredi della Gherardesca', taking place on 24 April 2024. This auction is a celebration of one of the most colourful, culturally erudite and wellloved figures in the London and international art and design scenes.

Paying tribute to the late art aficionado and interior designer, Manfredi’s children Margherita and Aliotto della Gherardesca, and good friends and fellow interior design and art virtuosos, Michael S. Smith and Ben Brown, share their insights and memories of this truly original, eclectic, knowledgeable and illuminating alchemist of design.

The auction will take place at Dreweatts on Wednesday 24 April 2024.

To follow the auction and register to bid, visit dreweatts.com

With warm thanks to contributors Michael S. Smith, Ben Brown, Margherita and Aliotto della Gehardesca, and to all Manfredi’s friends and family who have helped to create this film and contributed imagery, including Antonio Monfreda, Bernardo Conti, Constantino Ruspoli, Etienne Hunyady, Wayne Maser and Leone Spalletti.

IMAGERY & ARCHIVE

All imagery included in this film is subject to © Dreweatts 1759, © MDG Family Archive and © MDG Fine Arts Ltd., and those © clearances as indicated on screen, and below.

© Elena Mannocci
© Ben Brown Fine Arts
© Isabella Soulard
© James McDonald
© Constantino Ruspoli
© Roger Wooldridge
© James Yates Brown
© Etienne Hunyady
© Paolo Salvadori
© Wayne Maser

Credits for images licensed under the Creative Commons licences are listed below:
© Florian Hirzinger | Florence Cathedral, Italy | CC BYSA 4.0
© Michelle Maria| Florence, Italy Uffizi Museum 2013 | CC BY 3.0
© Gerd Eichmann | NYC Brooklyn Bridge 1982 | CC BYSA 4.0
© Wall Street Bull | Public Domain via LOC
© Giantof | Renzo Mongiardino 1996 | CC BYSA 4.0
© Giantof | Progetto di Renzo Mongiardino per un salone | CC BY 3.0
© Domenico di Michelino | Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

FILMING TEAM

Directed and Produced by Laura Warner
Cinematography by Alex Metcalfe & Danna Kinsky
LA Producer Sarah Anderson
Edited by Alex Metcalfe and Laura Warner

MUSIC CREDITS

TRACK 1 Musetta's Aria Quando me'n vo' (La Boheme), Instrumental | Created by Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra | Artlist.io
TRACK 2 Cherubinos Aria Voi che sapete, Instrumental | Created by Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra | Artlist.io
TRACK 3 O mio babbino caro, Instrumental | Created by Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra | Artlist.io
TRACK 4 Aftershocks | Created by Ardie Son | Artlist.io
TRACK 5 The House with the Purple Windows | Created by Roie Shpigler | Artlist.io