At the request of her client, Anna Duval designed an apartment in the Bastille area in the spirit of a boudoir of the late XIX century.
A fragment of the living room. Dining table (folding, for 10 persons), Interior’s; antique chairs remained from the previous owners. Antique gramophone brand La Voix de son maitre, antique wall lamp Selency. An Internet box and a router are hidden in antique boxes.Photo: Romain Ricard
Anna Duval is an economist and mathematician by first education. By the end of the first year of work in the profession, she realized that this was not her way, and entered the Details school. Anna has been engaged in interior design for twelve years, the last seven — in Paris, where she now lives and works.
Living room. Sofa, chandelier, floor lamps, Labyrinthe Interiors, lampshades made in the atelier Abat-jour du Moulin; armchair, Kare Design; display cabinets, Maisons du Monde; chinoiserie coffee tables and side tables with marble top antique, Selency; mirror over the fireplace and floor lamp with black shade, Eichholtz; chandelier, Labyrinthe Interiors.
Photo: Romain Ricard
The apartment on Rue de Lapp is one of her first projects in France. “When I moved here, I didn’t speak French at all,” Anna recalls, “so I was looking for English— and Russian—speaking clients. I was lucky, my contact was transferred to an Englishwoman who bought an apartment in Paris, and it turned out to be a good acquaintance.”
A fragment of the living room. Dining table (folding, for 10 persons), Interior’s; antique chairs remained from the previous owners. Antique gramophone brand La Voix de Son Maître; antique wall lamp, Selency. An Internet box and a router are hidden in antique boxes.
Photo: Romain Ricard
A fragment of the living room. Dining table (folding, for 10 persons), Interior’s; antique chairs remained from the previous owners. Antique gramophone brand La Voix de Son Maître; antique wall lamp, Selency. An Internet box and a router are hidden in antique boxes.
Photo: Romain Ricard
The order was very interesting: the client bought an apartment in an old house with time-warped walls and wooden beams on the ceiling and dreamed of returning the atmosphere of the late XIX century to it.
A fragment of the hallway. The antique hanger remained from the previous owners. Umbrellas with bird-shaped tips are also antique. On the wall are reproductions of paintings by Karl Larsson, Anselm Feuerbach, Auguste Maquet, Hermann Winterhalter. The door, Pitch Black, handle was bought at the antique market in Versailles.
Photo: Romain Ricard
Hallway. A small rack for wine bottles (left) was found at the antique market in Versailles. A hanging cabinet above it, left over from the previous owners, hides an electric meter.
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“The layout of the apartment is rather successful,” says the designer, “a small hallway, a living room with a fireplace, two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen. Only the electrician needed to be redone: the client laughed that she needed a crazy number of sockets, lamps and switches in all rooms.” One of the bedrooms was to turn into a home office, where the hostess was supposed to be engaged in drawing, and one of the bathrooms was to become more functional, with a modern shower.
A fragment of the kitchen. Wall lamp and curtains, Coquecigrue; candlesticks, statuette and decanter — antique. Wall paints, Farrow & Ball and Studio Green; antique terracotta tiles “tomette” on the floor.
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A fragment of the kitchen. Kitchen furniture, Spar; table top made of travertine; antique chandelier; on the apron tile in the style of “zelidge”, As de Carreaux; on the floor antique terracotta tile “tomette”.
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Anna’s main task was to make sure that the hostess and her guests, having crossed the threshold of the apartment, fell, as in the Woody Allen film, into another era. The client asked to give preference to things with a history, but she also had more specific wishes: the dining table, for example, had to be laid out and accommodate at least ten people; side tables for drinks were also needed.
A glazed door leads from the kitchen to the bedroom. Rue de Lapp is a pedestrian street where there are many cafes, bars, restaurants. It’s very lively here in the evening. Therefore, the fact that one of the bedrooms overlooks the courtyard, the owner of the apartment considers a huge plus.
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Bedroom. Headboard and canopy curtain rod, Coquecigrue; antique bedside tables, Selency; wall lamps, Labyrinthe Interiors; mirrors, bed linen and bedspread, La Redoute; decorative pillows, Madura, Bouchara. The canopy is made to order in the atelier MesRideaux.fr. On the walls are reproductions of works by Franz Xaver Winterhalter and Albrecht Durer. On the floor there is an old terracotta tile “Tomette”. There is paint on the walls, Farrow & Ball.
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Quilted bedspread, 100% cotton, Zig Zag Scenario, from 2874 rubles.
Mirror “Enchantress” round, diameter 60 cm, Samantha, 26 067 rubles.
The task is not so simple, given the historical moment. Paris flea markets, where you can find items of any time, were closed due to the pandemic, and Anna had to transfer the search to sites selling antiques. We managed to find a working gramophone on one of them, and a beautiful easel of the XIX century on leboncoin (this is the French equivalent of Avito). The artist gave it away for some ridiculous money.
A fragment of the bedroom. Chest of drawers, mirror, antique wall lamps. On the wall is a copy of Albrecht Durer’s diptych “Adam and Eve”.
Photo: Romain Ricard
A fragment of the bedroom. Chest of drawers, mirror, antique wall lamps.
Photo: Romain Ricard
A fragment of the bedroom.
Photo: Romain Ricard
Anna says that this interior is dear to her precisely because it is a bit fabulous. “He takes us to another, more romantic world and makes time stop.” The owner of the apartment, apparently, is of the same opinion: initially she was going to stay in this apartment during her trips to Paris, but now she is going to live in it permanently. When the world is changing every minute, you appreciate the opportunity to slow down.
Office. Sofa, La Redoute; decorative pillows, Bouchara; antique kilim on the floor; floor lamp and wall lamp antique, lampshades made in the atelier Abat-jour du Moulin.
Photo: Romain Ricard
A fragment of the cabinet. A reproduction of a painting by Kano Eitoku is reflected in the mirror.
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Bathroom. Linen curtains with embroidery, Coquecigrue; faucet, toilet bowl, Hudson Reed; wall lamps bought at the antique market in Versailles. During parties, the landlady fills the bathtub with champagne bottles.
Photo: Romain Ricard
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