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This area of the apartment would
have been the bedrooms originally. This room has a stone and wood floor
with a woven pattern created by alternating long and short planks of
wood to make it appear to "weave". In French, this floor is called "dallage
a l'ancien". The walls are a painted-on damask pattern. The wainscot
was added and was done in a faux bois. The leather chair is a find from
the marche aux puces and dates to about the 1920's. The sofas are new
with clean, contemporary lines and covered in a Nobilis woven. Above
the sofa is an oil by the owners' mother, which has a portrait of her
daughter's English bulldog. The window treatments are a luxurious,
aged-looking, velvet paisley from Lelievre. The original wrought iron
window railings are just visible beyond. The barley twist chairs are
19th century antiques with their original tapestry. The table is also
an antique. Above the table hangs a landscape done in pastels, also by
the owners' mother. Also in the room, but not visible, are custom
designed, stained-glass windows made in Paris that complement the room's
color scheme.
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