PHOTOGRAPHED BY GREG COX WRITTEN BY GRAHAM WOOD STYLED BY SVEN ALBERDING
Sensual Simplicity
The study is to the right of the entrance. As well as an art collection, Frederic’s clients have a substantial collection of books, and the study functions as a library. The bench integrated with the desk, designed specifically for this space by Frederic, is lit from behind by a window onto the courtyard. Its purity and simplicity of form exemplifies Frederic’s approach: using materials like wood, stone, and leather in a celebration of textures, which he layers to create the “sensual simplicity”—a “soft touch, a smell, an expressive look, a classical reference…” The desk lamp is by Lampe Gras. A figural sculpture suspended in the corner is one of British artist Marilène Oliver’s “Dervishes.”
This classic Haussmannian apartment in the heart of old Paris was built as a low-profile frame for the owner’s art collection, yet it finds luxury in its simple, elegant, contemporary approach and rich textural aesthetic.
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