Robert Kime | The Personal Collection - An Appreciation Part 2

In this second part of the film Robert Kime | The Personal Collection - An Appreciation, we hear from five of Robert's closest collaborators and colleagues as each recollects fond times spent with the man himself, and how working with Robert could puzzle, intrigue, and frustrate and delight… but above all, enrich their lives with the forging of an unforgettable and much-valued friendship.
Featuring interviews with Mary-Lou Arscott, architect and collaborator on many of Robert’s projects since the first in 1972; Gela-Nash Taylor, Fashion Designer, former client, and current owner/ custodian of South Wraxall Manor; Orlando Atty, Managing Director of Robert Kime Ltd; Christopher Payne, Head of Antique Sales at Robert Kime Ltd; and Gisella Milne-Watson, Fabric Designer and long-standing collaborator of Robert’s for many years.
Known the world over as a titan of design and the ‘great assembler’ of beautiful things, Robert Kime’s unique eye and aesthetic sensibility led him to become one of the leading design figures of his generation.
The culmination of Robert’s lifetime of collecting will form a three-day auction, charting his passion, curiosity, and delight in beautiful things through the contents of his homes in London and Provence.
Robert’s family hope that this sale will give the opportunity for all collectors, young and old, to enjoy the objects Robert chose to call ‘old friends.’
The auction will take place at Donnington Priory 4-6 October 2023
Follow the link below to keep up to date about the sale, our series of events, and highlights:
www.dreweatts....
With warmest thanks to contributors Mary-Lou Arscott, Gela Nash-Taylor, Orlando Atty, Gisella Milne-Watson, Christopher Payne, and the Kime Family.
CREDITS
FLOWERS Dreweatts 2023 Interiors Imagery - by Hannah Kime & Shane Connolly
IMAGERY & ARCHIVE
All imagery included in this film is subject to © Dreweatts 1759, and those © clearances as indicated on screen, and below. We would like to extend our huge thanks and appreciation to the following:
© Kime Family Archive
© Hannah Kime
© Tessa Traeger
© Barney Hindle
© Fluffy Wraxall
© Mary-Lou Arscott
© Fritz von der Schulenburg | Interior Archive
© Christopher Simon Sykes | Interior Archive
© Katia Repina
© Robert Kime Ltd
© Jenny Mavimiro
© Vieve Forward, CC BY-SA 2.0
© Jose A, CC BY-SA 2.0
© Mickey Mystique, CC BY-SA 4.0
© Pjposullivan, CC BY-SA 4.0
MUSIC Minuet I, by Johann Sebastian Bach | Performed by Ardie Son | Artlist
MUSIC II.Allemande, by Johann Sebastian Bach | Performed by Brooklyn Classical | Artlist
MUSIC A Gentle Light (No Piano), by Will Van De Crommert | Artlist
MUSIC Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo) by George Frideric Handel | Performed by Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Yishai Steckler, feat. Anat Czarny | Artlist
MUSIC Gladys Aylward | by Jean-Miles Carter | Artlist
Directed and Produced by Laura Warner
Cinematography by Zoran Veljković and Alex Metcalfe
Assistant Camera by Jason Cleaver, Bradley Shemmell, Baltazar Veljković, Andrew Pinto
Edited by Richard Lozberg

[@juliancoulden1753]

This vignette is beautifully done.

[@anitarodriguez-rudell2211]

What a beautiful tribute of words and treasures of beauty. RIP

[@rupertgale537]

A beautiful film about a brilliant man.

[@colette8694]

Well said

[@michelez715]

Robert Kime was a nonpareil. There'll always be good, even great decorators, but he had a unique magic. The very first time I saw his work, which was his own home in London, I thought this is someone whose taste and style is just what I aspire to. And judging by what I've seen and read about him, someone who was loved and admired by his peers.

[@missmurrydesign7115]

Utterly delicious...

[@Loupadron2010]

A beautiful film and so majestic with the photos and the requiem of the people that worked under him and for him and truly loved him from their hearts because of this great intellectual man with a heart of gold. How convivial? Thanks for sharing this warm, uplifting video a truly unique person.

[@roxannaallison]

When looking ing at these rooms and decor, I can’t help but thinking who has to clean these? Dusting would take days!

[@joevasquez3434]

The interior clothing of a house is a never ending reshaping, re-vibing. A house, like the owner is aging, changing, maturing, sometimes content; until the owner goes thru a life experience, good or bad; and that alone will change the total personality of the house; the way the owner has. Burns my ass when a decorator calls the house/home owner and say's;, ... you can live in it now it's "done". A home/house is never done, never satisfied;..never settling.

[@joevasquez3434]

It just blows my mind that a person would have to actually hire/pay another person to interior design their homes? I don't get how a person not know how to decorate a home? How does one not know if a lamp should go there, or that perfect antique would extenuate the vase next to it. Where is the common sense, the artistry of it ? I guess it's due to these clueless people that keep the industry alive and kicking.

[@lindahill7059]

He was such an organic “assembler”. The rooms are beautiful and looked completely unstudied-like they naturally grew that way. Brilliant man.

[@DarrylGrantaba]

I adore an unstudied look, the irony is it takes a good deal of work to achieve that!

[@joachimkerscher7061]

Never met him but I found a lot of inspirations from his works

[@theSingingMole]

An amazing man. Thank you for this

[@TheFiown]

My hero, his taste is perfection, I was so sad at his passing, he was one of those few people I would have loved to meet. I have ordered the catalogue of the sale to have 'something' of him, if only the imagery. RIP dear man.

[@GaitaPonto]

If he was such a special man (and I do believe it) and people say they loved his taste and choices, why are they selling everything he collected?

[@phillkane1691]

An amazing talent such a loss 😢

[@kathleenmueller8660]

An extraordinary man, an extraordinary life.

[@jimandjulia8261]

Can folks in the United States participate in the auction?

[@stevenplayford8223]

It's funny how instinctual taste, humility and loving objects because of that sparkle they have not their value seems radical. An absolute inspiration, in terms of just buying what you love.

[@duben55]

Absolutely marvelous! Very moving tribute. Thank you for this!

[@miketrue6364]

I will miss his work❤

[@emiliebova]

His interiors and the music used in this video are sublime!

[@lydiarowe491]

What a legacy from a man much loved by many..bringing much joy to spaces that were transformed by his magical sense of just knowing..

[@MrPhotodoc]

A life well lived. Congratulations.

[@BetsyMagee-f4z]

Extraordinary connection to objects. Particularly loved the video of him with his objects from ancient Egypt and how he characterized each piece.

[@artisanhome8980]

Thanks for sharing! Robert Kime set a high standard in the world of interiors.

[@moritzblucher5023]

A beautiful film about a brilliant man - true ... although in terms of his creations not totally my style - but I did find him utterly cute and sexy ... his charme was so different from every other person I met! Nobody did mention this in the film ... of course not ...

[@marjoriesuarez-deluna3618]

❤

[@beetlebum1]

The world is a lot poorer without the maestro.

[@smoath]

Can I ask why the subtitles?

[@jadejohns3107]

What an extraordinarily fortunate group of people to have shared so much passion, goodness, creativity and beauty with one another. This makes my heart sing.

[@sylviacoaker8830]

I could do that, all you need is lots of money😂

[@jamesallison4875]

South Wraxall is pure genius. He was the best since Mongiardino. Thanks for this wonderful video.

[@heart..]

❤🙏🏽

[@laurenglass4514]

Sad