Period Rooms of the Future is a long-term project, coinciding with the centenary celebrations of Art Deco. However, explains Féau , “This is not a nostalgic journey into the past. On the contrary, it is a fresh look at the foundations that still shape our contemporary sensibilities and our ideal of beauty and exquisiteness.” Interior designers from around the world come to document extraordinary projects for clients in search of the exceptional. There’s the smoking room designed by Maurice Dufrêne for the home of French American banker, David David-Weill that features 14 panels of ebony, mother-of-pearl and gilded bronze. There’s the delicately hand-carved wooden panels for Jeanne Lanvin's dining room. Or else there’s the rosewood and gilded bronze cabinets and bookcases designed by Ruhlmann for Eugène Shueller, founder of L'Oréal. All these collectors attest to how the art of living is celebrated to perfection. The magic lies in the nobility of a living space, as seen by co-directors Guillaume, Angélique Féau and their teams, who are committed to celebrating a new aesthetic in home design.
They also break with the crusade against decorative artists in the name of modernity by honouring the continuity of a family tradition established in 1875. This involves expertise of an incredible range of craftsmen, gilders, painters and sculptors who are able to reinterpret custom-made decorations by Ledoux, Béranger, Percier & Fontaine. Far from imitating, they propose to reinvent, remaining faithful to a true sense of taste – that of proportion. This vision is shared with partners such as Invisible Collection, a furniture manufacturer whose Charles Zana bed embroidered by Lesage is featured here; and now 19 M, with objects including a magnificent screen by Goossens. In this XL cabinet of curiosities, memories are set in motion, justifying the success of this unclassifiable, timeless and yet so contemporary company, which has just opened a showroom in New York's D&D building.
https://feauboiseries.com
