September 20, 2024 Auction to Feature The Estate of Sybil M. Favrot (1935-2023)

By Neal Auction Company September 5, 2024

“Sybil Favrot … set an example for a generation of New Orleans women in her tireless volunteer work, avid gardening and personal style”

John Pope, The Times Picayune, June 27, 2023

Among her many civic accomplishments, Mrs. Favrot served on Tulane University’s Board of Administrators (as the second female trustee in the University’s history), chaired the Newcomb Alumnae Association, served as president of the Hermann-Grima/Gallier House Board of Managers, and on the boards of the New Orleans Botanical Garden Foundation, Newcomb Art Gallery, Longue Vue House and Gardens and the St. Charles Avenue Association.

Her one-and-a half-acre English-style garden, known as Greenbough, is listed on the Smithsonian Institution registry of notable gardens. The house and garden are also featured in The Majesty of St. Charles Avenue, and Mrs. Favrot was generous in sharing her space. She entertained extensively, offering up her elegantly appointed home and garden for her many special causes and occasions, including several memorable Garden Club of America garden parties. Through her gracious hospitality, she was in many ways an ambassador for her beloved city.

The estate collection includes fine antique French furniture, paintings and object's, garden accessories and Oushak rugs.

Neal Auction Company is honored to present select property from the Estate of Sybil Favrot.

Ref. The Majesty of St. Charles Avenue, photographs by Kerri McCaffety, text by Cynthia Reece McCaffety, Pelican Publishing Co., 2001, pgs. 78-87.