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A former contemporary art dealer and museum curator, Louis Bofferding deals in art and design from antiquity to the present. He first made his name in the field by reintroducing the 1930s high-style furnishings of Syrie Maugham, Jansen, and Baguès, and juxtaposing them with 18th-century furnishings and contemporary art. At his former Lexington Avenue gallery he mounted the first exhibitions on the 1970s designers Alessandro Albrizzi, and his contemporary John Dickinson, both in collaboration with their estates.

His inventory encompasses the rarefied (an ancient Pompeian marble head), the unusual (a 1930s Elsie de Wolfe mirrored fireplace), and the important (his rediscovery of a monumental Venini mirror, designed by Gio Ponti for the 1928 Venice Biennale, was the subject of an article in The New York Times). Among his clients are museums, collectors, contemporary art dealers, decorators, and fashion designers, including the Metropolitan Museum, Matthew Marks, Pierre Bergé, Peter Marino, and Valentino.  Bofferding’s arrangements of Western, Asian, and African works, both in his gallery and at his home, have been featured in Vogue, Town & Country, W magazine, and The World of Interiors, as well as numerous books on interior design.

Bofferding has lectured at the Los Angeles County Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Winterthur, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum, and many other institutions. He has written catalog introductions for historic auctions at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Wright.  He wrote monthly design columns for both Domino and Elle Decor, and contributes to Architectural Digest.  He has designed furniture for decorators and collectors, and is currently designing a limited-edition furniture line. He is also writing a book on the 20th-century domestic interior.