Hutton Wilkinson * Tony Duquette Inc. is a full service interior design firm based in Beverly Hills with current projects in Los Angeles, New York, Palm Beach and Thailand with completed projects in Paris, Venice, Hawaii and Saudi Arabia.
Mitch Leisen, Los Angeles, 1947
One of the Four Seasons created by Tony for Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl and exhibited at the Mitch Leison Gallery.
Tony and Hedda hopper at the opening of his exhibition, c. 1947. (Hedda Hopper is holding a Duquette figurine.)
Tony Duquette’s materials laid out in his Fountain Avenue studio waiting to be used in one of his assemblages. Photograph by Sharland from Black Star, Graybar Building, New York.
Metal mesh and abalone ‘star’ screens by Tony Duquette serve as a background for Duquette’s fantasy figural lamps made of antlers, old ormolu and coral colored gesso.
Figural brackets and mirror sconces and a variety of framed bas relief as well as decorative table ware and table garnitures.
The opening night of exhibition (From left: The Baroness Catherine de Erlanger, an unidentified couple, Tony Duquette).
Tony in WWII army uniform.
A grouping of original Tony Duquette objects as displayed at the Mitch Leison Gallery, circa 1947. Note: The metal and Peking glass candelabra, the porcelain and crystal drinking glasses and his water colors which were made on a car trip to Virginia City with Vincent Minnelli.
Tony Duquette with his patroness Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl and Cobina Wright at the opening of his first one man exhibition at the Mitch Leison Gallery, circa 1947.
A metal mesh, brass, pearl and abalone shell folding screen by Tony Duquette, photographed at his first one man exhibition. Tony felt that if there were just one abalone shell in the world, wars would be fought over it for its beauty.
Leaf and butterfly console, mirror and wall appliques, framed bas relief decorations and a frog prince figurine.
The opening night of the Tony Duquette exhibition. Tony is flanked by two admiring fans. Photograph by John Engstead, Beverly Hills.
Tony and Elizabeth Johnstone, the future Mrs. Tony Duquette at the opening. (Note: Elizabeth Johnstone’s unique necklace which Duquette created for her). Photograph by John Engstead, Beverly Hills.
A standing figural candelabra by Tony Duquette made of gesso and glass jewels approximate height, 4 feet and first exhibited at the Mitch Leison Gallery, circa 1947.
Tony Duquette, Hedda Hopper and unidentified friend toast Duquette’s successful opening, with the artist’s own porcelain and crystal goblets, c. 1947. Photograph by John Engstead, Beverly Hills.
