Since almost 100 years, Poltrona Frau has been working with the greatest names in design : Pierluigi Cerri, Achille Castiglioni, Michele de Lucchi, Jean-Marie Massaud, Andrée Putman or Cini Boeri… Considered as the “Hermès of Italian furniture”, the quality of production has always been a priority for the company, following the example of its patented leather, Pelle Frau, gotten after twenty one different stages of production and available in more than ninety shades of color.
Ria is Filipina and Yiouri is Cypriot, one studied design and the other architecture. They met in London in the 1980s where they both worked for the designer John Stefanidis. Few years later they decided to achieve (to fulfil) their dream by creating their first collection of furniture and by showing it in Paris. Success was instantaneous : the Crillon placed an order for the apartments of this luxury hotel, Neiman Marcus and Barney’s show them in New York City. They settled in the Rue du Bac and since then never stopped creating furniture very inspired by Art Deco for which they have no limits concerning the choice of materials that they use, like at that time : rare woods, crocodile, python, cobra or ostrich skin, but also horn or mothers-of-pearls.
Le Montalembert is the first 5-star hotel on the Left Bank. It dates from the 1920s and has kept its look and chic. Recently redecorated, it has kept this modern and quiet luxury, the pure lines, the dark woods and the muted hues. Here reigns good taste in its intimate version.
Spacious rooms, junior suites or suites
Une Brasserie, ouverte tout au long de la journée et des petits salons où il fait bon flâner
An experience to begin in the very pretty pool, equipped with massaging hydrojets and counter-current swimming, before continuing in the hammam. for a steam bath. The body and facial treatments then provided in the two spa cabins are an alliance between Asian tradition and the cosmetic expertise of French Physiomer products.
A very complete treatment menu, including a tailor-made Signature treatment and lymphatic drainage of the Renata França Method, practiced here by Estelle Segura.
When Aristide Maillol died, Dina Vierny, who was his Muse and his companion, decided to create a foundation. This foundation was inaugurated in 1995. The Musée Maillol gathers together a collection of drawings, engravings, paintings and sculptures of the artist, but also his personal collection in which we can find some works of art by Ingres, Cézanne, Matisse, Degas or Picasso.
The museum regularly organizes temporary exhibitions dedicated to antique and modern art, but also to contemporary art and to the major artists of the 20th century.
In those two little boutiques facing each other in the rue de l’Abbé Grégoire, you will be welcomed. Au Fil des Couleurs is very much in demand to create theatre and film sets because their knowledge of antique and modern wallpaper is very extensive. You will find a very specialized selection of collections : Patricia Manahan, Sandberg, Trevor Dean and the collection by Vivienne Westwood for Cole & Son.
