A great seed may have unique virtues that make a person philosophical. “In the business world, we say these things only happen once in a career,” blurted out Lou Woolworth, sitting in a red armchair near Garouste and Bonetti. The 37-year-old, with a heart-shaped pendant tied elegantly around her neck, received guests in her gallery on the rue de Seine, a stone’s throw from the Pont-Neuf in Paris.
It was her grandmother, Jacqueline Subra, and then her mother, Isabelle Subra Woolworth, who transformed, from the early 1980s, the former designer’s office into a cocoon devoted to the artist’s jewellery, frequented over the years by clients ranging from Marcel Duchamp to Yves Saint Laurent via Catherine Deneuve.
By the end of October, the place seems to have regained its serenity, jazzy music in the background, and luxurious furniture finds spanning three generations, such as the sun-shaped mirror by Line Vautrin or the table designed by André Sornay. Only two major impacts on the display cases witnessed the violent robbery that victimized the gallery on the morning of September 20.
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