6 rooms that define the interior design of Jacques Grange
Above the system of his 50-calendar year career, Parisian Jacques Grange has founded himself as the eminent interior designer to great collectors, artists and tastemakers.
Each classic and modern in his method, and with a enthusiasm for up to date art, combined with a charming joie de vivre, his superbly curated interiors each notify a special story. We move into his interior structure entire world to acquire a personal tour.
The eclectic collector
Armchair © Francis Jourdain/Adagp, Paris, 2021 Painting © Carla Accardi/Adagp, Paris, 2021 Collage © Robert Motherwell/Dedalus Foundation/Adagp, Paris, 2021
(Image credit score: François Halard/ Jacques Grange / Flammarion)
In the salon of his apartment, Jacques effortlessly mixes the uncomplicated with the advanced and understated, combining previous-earth luxurious with up to date art and design.
Below, aristocratic refinement meets the eclecticism of an insatiable collector. As effectively as high-quality supplies and craftsmanship, the place is loaded with tangible mementos of places, artists and designers that have knowledgeable his innovative universe.
Jacques’ mastery of color is shown by the meticulously regarded as placement of artwork in opposition to the pale partitions, this sort of as the citron-yellow painting by Carla Accardi surmounted by a pale-blue canvas by Robert Motherwell. The armchair is by Art Nouveau designer Francis Jourdain.
Traditional and modern
Painting © Maurizio Cattelan
(Impression credit score: François Halard / Jacques Grange / Flammarion)
The interior designer’s eclectic tastes are displayed in this article in his condominium with an understated mixture of home furniture and operates of art from a wide range of durations.
His organic, ‘non-designed’ aesthetic, at once lavish and comfy, is unveiled via his unconventional way of grouping objects, a masterful mixture of products and shades and an unparalleled consideration to element.
All in the element
(Graphic credit score: François Halard / Jacques Grange / Flam)
Jacques’ new refurbishment of this classy home in Florida is in the pure tradition of the glory yrs of Palm Seashore class. Deeply sympathetic to the unique villa, which was intended in1929 in the Mediterranean-revival design and style, Jacques describes his intervention as acquiring only ‘refreshed’ the interiors. But this barely does justice to the degrees of gentle and color he has infused into this deluxe home, with its huge array of imposing and eclectic architectural features, such as elaborate wrought-iron balustrades and swish colonnades.
The home furnishings, palette and materials have all been selected to harmonize with the backyard and exterior areas. The entrance corridor is dominated by the staircase with its imposing wrought-iron balustrade and a eco-friendly divan sofa intended by Jacques himself.
Chintz charming
(Impression credit rating: François Halard / Jacques Grange / Flam)
In 1990 Yves Saint Laurent named on Jacques Grange to design and style the inside of The Villa Mabrouka in Tangier, Morocco. Jacques states:
‘The concept Yves wanted was that of an eccentric Englishman who experienced occur to live there. He needed chintz and one particular shade per home.’
The home has a modern day Moorish design and style with stylish contrasts and here, a mirror with a shell-encrusted body by Armelle Fabre, typifies Jacques’ signature contact.
Monochrome marvel
Sculpture © Paul Landowski/Adagp, Paris, 2021
(Picture credit score: François Halard / Jacques Grange / Flam)
On getting into Pierre Passebon’s 1820s Directoire-period apartment in the centre of Paris – renovated in collaboration with Jacques – one particular is greeted by a impressive 16th-century Italian marble fire carved in the type of a grotesque gaping mask. It is established in a chimney breast lined with French marble chequerboard tiles, the black and white motif inspired by Siena’s cathedral.
Pierre, an antique collector and artwork dealer, is the founder of the Galerie du Passage in Paris and this kind of aesthetic jolt in his individual dwelling speaks volumes about his eclectic preferences and his life’s work.
Tiled all more than
Vase © Succession Alberto Giacometti (Fondation Giacometti, Paris + Adagp, Paris) 2021
(Impression credit: François Halard / Jacques Grange / Flam)
The kitchen area of Jacques’ own apartment in the coronary heart of Paris is lined with exquisite antique blue and white azulejos tiles that he collected on trips to Portugal. He pairs them with 19th century-design and style chairs by celebrated interior designer Madeleine Castaing, an 18th-century Indo-Portuguese ivory cupboard and a vase by Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, illustrating Jacques’ unexpected yet pleasant mixture three of distinct variations and durations.