Word: fribourg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...always had it in my soul," Rene Fribourg once said, "to love French 18th century things. It is true that my bedroom is Napoleon I, and my wife's bedroom is Charles X, but most of the rest is 18th century. I love Louis XV and Louis XVI." Until his death at 83 in January, only guests to the white stone Fribourg mansion off upper Fifth Avenue ever saw his big collection of furniture, art objects and painting; now it is to be knocked down at auction. Peter Wilson, suave chairman of the world's biggest auction house...
...General's Gratitude. Grain paid the bills for Collector Fribourg's art. Born in Belgium, he lived in Paris until the Nazis were at the gates, finally settled in Manhattan. There his family's century-old grain business had developed into the U.S.-based Continental Grain Co. with dealings all over the world. When World War II was over, Fribourg managed to bring his Paris collection across the Atlantic intact; the German general who occupied his house had evidently become so fond of the Fribourgs' chef's cooking that in gratitude he gave the collection...