de la Croe, and Cote d'Azur. Accompanied by a copy of the Sotheby's Duke and Duchess of Windsor catalog description, lot 65, stating, "A Portfolio of Twenty-eight Internal and Exterior Views of the Chateau de la Croe, Cote d'Azur, summer and winter 1938 photogravures, each sheet printed on deckle-edged cartridge paper, images square and rectangular (portrait and landscape), including views of the garden and swimming pool and seven interiors, in folder. approximate size of the each sheet 15 1/4 by 17 1/2 (39 by 44.5 cm.) Built in 1931, the Chateau de la Croe stood in a twelve acre estate surrounded on three sides by high walls and on the fourth by the Mediterranean. The house and garden with its tennis court were well shaded by mature yews, palm trees, pines, eucalyptus trees and flowering shrubs. On the south side of the house, facing the sea, a half-moon terrace rose above a lawn which swept down to a swimming pool and two bathing pavilions. These cabanas were fitted with red adn white striped awnings and royal blue cushions piped in white. The interiors include views of the salon, whose exuberant style of decoration is typical of the Duchess of Windsor's taste as developed under the guidance of her friend, Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl). The dining room, the drawing room (with the Abdication desk clearly visible) and the library are also pictured, each furnished in part with furniture brought from Fort Belvedere. Sir William Llewellyn's full-length portrait of Queen Mary hangs over the library fireplace. $600-800, Right: A view across the terrace to the Mediterranean, Chateau de la Croe, Cote d'Azur, summer 1938". From a Wilmington, DE estate.
Condition
Good. Sotheby's catalog NOT included.