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A celebration, and then the joy of living in this hôtel particulier
every day, named Hôtel du président Chauvelin in 1738.
Germain Louis Chauvelin was the Keeper of the Seals of Louis XV,
an extremely learned man, a library housing three thousand
books, an art collection that boasted a painting by Raphael and
Jean-Antoine Watteau’s most beautiful prints. A realm of grace,
music and delicacy.
And everything has remained as it was, the warmth of the wooden
floors, the discrete style of the small cabinet, the freshness of
the flowery upholstery in Madame’s bedroom and the blue
striped one in that of Monsieur.
A secret is hidden between the two bedrooms, a wall on which,
since the early twentieth century, every generation has marked
the birth dates of their children, then followed their growth,
one centimetre at a time. Lalo, Charles, Anne, Pierre, Jacques,
Jeanne-Francoise, and Christine were all born here. Here,
a diary-home was born.
COMME DANS
UN RÊVE
Footsteps echo in the rooms of this splendid building
at 72 Rue de l’Université in Paris. In the stillness of a
sunny day, every space, silent for many years, recalls
when the doors were opened in 1720 and for the very
first time the carriages entered the courtyard and the
candles in the drawing room were lit.
PHOTOGRAPHY TOMMASO SARTORI
STYLING FRANCESCA SANTAMBROGIO
LOCATION PARIS, FRANCE
NOONU SOFA, ANTONIO CITTERIO
