BAC at Bergdorf Goodman

Gallery BAC lends pair of “Persan” sconces by Jean Royère to luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman for window displays celebrating the debut of Artistic Director Raf Simons’ Spring Collection for the House of DiorCelebrating both the venerable House of Dior and the debut of Artistic Director Raf Simons’ Spring Collection, luxury retailer Bergdorf Goodman has dedicated all of its Manhattan location’s Fifth Avenue windows to Simons’ designs (further promoting a new Dior boutique within the store). The windows are inspired by Dior’s latest ad campaign, which features surreal scenes populated by lithe models, the lyrical modernist designs of Jean Royère, and windows opening into cloudy skies, like those found in the paintings of René Magritte (a Belgian like Mr. Simons). Bergdorf Goodman’s Visual Presentation team has recreated aspects of this dreamscape, adding eighteenth-century style paneling in the shade of gray that Christian Dior originally chose for the interiors of his Paris atelier. The window displays will run through March 25th.
On view in two of the windows are gilt iron “Persan” sconces by Jean Royère (1902-1984) that were lent by Gallery BAC. Introduced by Royère circa 1950, the model was included in the designer’s display at the Salon des arts ménagers exhibit of 1954 and used in several prominent interior projects, notably in the Winter Garden Room for the Shah of Iran circa 1958.