{"id":59640,"date":"2025-12-03T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/59640\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T13:54:13","slug":"art-deco-elegance-finds-new-expression-in-a-revived-manhattan-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/59640\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Deco Elegance Finds New Expression in a Revived Manhattan Apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"

If this was something of a dream project, it was not without its challenges. Ceiling heights were low, the rooms were not large, and the layout was less than ideal. It was a puzzle. Then COVID struck, forcing delays. And as if that were not enough, well into the renovation, the couple had the opportunity to purchase the apartment next door. The merger offered space for a relaxed family room, a guest apartment that could be closed off for privacy, and the creation of a new powder room, which the original apartment lacked.<\/p>\n

Of course, that kind of surgical augmentation requires skillful precision. \u201cIt\u2019s so important to get the architecture right,\u201d says Michael. \u201cWe spent a lot of time drawing.\u201d It was only after they had mastered the complex layout that the designers turned to interior refinements. They specified new oak Versailles parquet flooring throughout to unify the spaces and collaborated with the renowned French firm F\u00e9au Boiseries to devise custom wall treatments. These range from silver-leafed plaster panels in the glamorous entry to creamy paneling complete with garlands and cartouches in the living and dining rooms (\u201cMore traditional than we would usually use,\u201d Michael admits), gleaming mercury glass mirrors in the hall, and pale oak paneling in the son\u2019s bedroom that\u2019s evocative of an Ivy League library.<\/p>\n

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In the son\u2019s room, a collage by Robert Rauschenberg hangs above a Jean-Michel Frank desk. 1920s Jean Besnard lamp.<\/p>\n

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A painting by Jef Verheyen hangs on walls in finished oak paneling by F\u00e9au Boiseries in the son\u2019s room. Custom rug by FJ Hakimian.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The bath features wainscot, casings, and floor in paneled marble by Precision Stone.<\/a><\/p>\n

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A 1922 Lalique \u201cBoule de Gui\u201d pendant glows in the dressing room.<\/p>\n

While Atelier AM places as much emphasis on the spaces between as on the objects themselves, that doesn\u2019t mean furnishings aren\u2019t crucial. This apartment hosts an array of pieces by some of the most important masters of the 20th century. There are cabinets and tables by Jean-Michel Frank; lamps by Alberto Giacometti; chairs by Eug\u00e8ne Printz, Marc du Plantier, and Jean Roy\u00e8re; a screen by Jean Dunand; and a stool by \u00c9mile-Jacques Ruhlmann. That\u2019s just in the living room, and that\u2019s not even a complete inventory.<\/p>\n

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The son\u2019s room features a Jan and Jo\u00ebl Martel sculpture, a Christopher Baker \u201cSeries One P\u201d lamp, and a circa 1745 cabinet by Jacques Dubois.<\/p>\n

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A glimpse of the primary bedroom in an 18th-century Italian mirror.<\/p>\n

But what is truly impressive is that none of these pieces shout for attention. Nothing commandeers your eye, angling for the spotlight. The immediate effect is one of harmony, an atmosphere of restraint, a balance of form and space. Much of the beauty in these rooms reveals itself only over time, at a second, third, or fourth look. Even the smallest items have presence and provenance: an umbrella stand by Pierre Chareau, a mirror by Line Vautrin, a side table by Jules Leleu, a tray by Claude Lalanne. \u201cWhile adding the second apartment made things more complex,\u201d admits Alexandra, \u201cit also gave us the luxury of more time for acquiring the best pieces. It bought us another auction season or two. And fortunately, we had the enthusiastic buy-in of the clients.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If this was something of a dream project, it was not without its challenges. Ceiling heights were low,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59641,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[21617,1472,75,84,83,9,24,63,15424,14881],"class_list":{"0":"post-59640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-_syndication_noshow","9":"tag-magazine","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-manhattan-headlines","12":"tag-manhattan-news","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-storytypedeep-dive","17":"tag-textbelowcenterfullbleed"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}