BAKER INTRODUCES THE SELECTED WORKS OF TONY DUQUETTE

A partner to some of the most renowned designers of today, Baker unveiled its latest endeavor, The Selected Works of Tony Duquette, at an evening event at its Baker Knapp & Tubbs New York showroom, 200 Lexington, New York, on September 18, 2008. The 19-piece assortment of select reproductions by legendary designer, Tony Duquette, includes furniture, lighting, and accessories. The brilliant repertoire spans Duquette's illustrious career, each piece individually handcrafted to expertly render his one-of-a-kind works of art.

Hutton Wilkinson, president of the Anthony and Elizabeth Duquette Foundation, and lifelong friend and associate of Duquette, worked closely with Baker in its choices, producing an exceptional best of class archival anthology. "We opened the entire archives to Baker's creative team," explained Wilkinson. "For the first collection, we chose pieces that spanned his career and clearly referenced the unique Duquette design aesthetic. However, the archives are deep and much has yet to be mined. We look forward to future collaborations."

Capturing the eye of the connoisseur and the imagination of the novice, The Selected Works of Tony Duquette is free-spirited and unrestrained. There is a sense of playfulness, a glamour that intrigues and sensitivity to worldly resources that make the collection both of the moment and yet historically reverent, rare and collectable.