Inspired Look: A Perfect Paris Retreat
Madeleine Castaing, the supremely original and influential 20th-century French decorator, has been something of a theme lately for Paris designers. Known for her friendships with artists such as Chaïm Soutine and Jean Cocteau, writer Henry Miller, and prominent socialite Francine Weisweiller, Castaing possessed a romantic sensibility, marked by a taste for 19th-century eclecticism—favoring quirky, poetic pieces over things deemed important—and a love of atmospheric color and pattern. Famously, she decreed that every interior should have at least a dash of leopard print.
The furnishings retain a distinctly Parisian feel throughout. The Louis XVI–style dining chairs recall the work of the venerable interiors firm Maison Jansen, while a pair of lamps in the master bedroom are made from the same black Portoro marble as the façade of Cartier’s iconic boutique on rue de la Paix.
“There’s a romance to all of this that never goes away.”
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