For sale: a maximalist Parisian duplex, an ode to Art Nouveau
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Apartment for sale near Parc Monceau
In Art Nouveau style, the apartment established in a former private mansion in the 8th arrondissement was built in 1907 by the French architect Jules Lavirotte. Secretly nestled a stone’s throw from Parc Monceau and the Jacquemart-André museum, the apartment with its theatrical spaces was created as a true work of art. It was the music publisher Albert Noël and Mr. Reverdy who commissioned the building from the architect Jules Lavirotte in 1906 to unite the arts in a sculpted frame with exuberant aesthetics.
Precious and maximalist attributes
The original restored music hall owes its colorful style, its undulating patterns and inspired arabesques to one of the forerunners of Art Nouveau. The fluid, asymmetrical and bold shapes that adorn the walls of the maximalist residence seem to have come straight out of a film set and are one of the rare architectural gems preserved in their authentic environment. Covered with marble on the floor and decorated with woodwork, the apartment and its six meter high ceilings welcome the natural light that pierces the triple curved glass roof of the living room. Accessible by a marble staircase that leads to the first floor and the warm mezzanine, the apartment reveals decorative gems among frescoes, colorful stained glass windows, antique furniture, carved woodwork, period mosaics and murals with plant motifs… The 154 square meters. duplex, one-of-a-kind, was ” furnished and decorated in the original style of the old mansion » and becomes the witness of an era, a piece of history… The property, which preserved the ironwork, columns and mosaics of the period, wins the annual competition for the facades of the City of Paris which has preserved, in state. , the decorative elements of the mansion.