A Luxury Apartment In The Heart Of Paris With A Coveted Art Collection
July 30, 2020
A new luxury apartment has emerged in Paris and it is inside where all the gems hide. A trip down vintage times merged with a modern design that will make anyone fall in love with it. Home Decor Ideas took a scoop inside and we are ready to make you fall head over heels with this modern abode. There aren’t enough adjectives to describe the multilayered Paris luxury apartment of antique dealer and designer Philippe Rapin and his partner in crime. Philippe Rapin and Sylvie de Chirée thrive in this Right Bank apartment with inimitable views and a dynamic collection.
In the small salon, the Cloud Table is by Kam Tin and the decorative wall painting is original and from 1910. The sofa and armchairs are from 1930 by an Italian architect and designer of Danish origin, Guglielmo Ulrich.
On the fifth floor of a Right Bank building built in 1910, this ever-curious duo has created a space somewhere between a contemporary design laboratory and a cabinet of curiosities.
The palm trees are in bronze patinated brass and the little side tables are by French designer André Sornay from the 1940s. The Murano glass lamp is also from the 1940s, while the plaster light is from the 1960s. The low table is by Belgian designer Ado Chale.
“Theater of objects” says De Chirée about this interior design project.
The former fashion and lifestyle editor is quick to point out that the original decoration by Maison Jansen is from the 1950s and the delicately painted walls, also original to the flat, from circa 1910. The entire luxury apartment serves as a backdrop to Rapin’s ever-growing collection of objects and furniture.
Also in the small salon, the alabaster wall sconces were created for the apartment circa 1930. The console is in the Empire style and the painting is by Dutch Baroque painter Jan van der Heyden (1637–1712). On the floor is a 17th-century Turkish box with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell decoration.
The main salon was decorated in the 1950s by the decorating firm Maison Jansen. The large white and animal print safari sofa is by the Italian design studio Archizoom from 1968. The iron stools are by Italian designer Pier Luigi Colli circa 1950. The ceiling mobile is by British artist Marc Cavell. In the background is a dining room table by Italian architect Carlo di Carli, and the armchairs are by Christian Lacroix.
The owners of this luxury apartment like to mix things up, bringing in new discoveries and setting the stage with older collections Rapin has had for years, like his eye-catching ceramics, but never drifting from the most amazing interior design ideas. Here, there are no rules, with everything from Fornasetti to a 17th-century Turkish chest, by way of lamps and other pieces from the 1940s.
Rapin’s collection of Ruelland French ceramics from the 1960s. On the wall hang six drawings by Jean Cocteau, also from the 1960s. The little tables in silvered wood are Austrian from the end of the 19th century and the vases are silver and hardstones by Kam Tin.All of the decoration is original to the apartment. On the walls of a bathroom are marble mosaics, and the stained-glass window is early 20th-century. The walls are lacquered paint and the chandelier is 19th-century, found at the flea market in the South of France, L’ Isle sur la Sorgue. The coatrack is in gilded iron, circa 1950, by Italian designer Pier Luigi Colli.On the ceiling hangs a Spanish chandelier from the 18th century. The table is by the Italian architect and designer Franco Albini for Poggi, circa 1950. The cupboard is from the 1930s covered with Fornasetti wallpaper, and on the wall is an artwork by British artist Marc Cavell. A 1930s chair is covered in velvet, and the sun mirror is from the Paris flea market.The kitchen table is Knoll and the chairs are Tolix. The vintage trolley is Italian from the 1950s, and on the wall are original zinc prints by Fornasetti.
