Joined by one of his pugs, couturier Valentino Garavani stands before a hand-painted fireplace on the ground floor of the former dovecote, orpigeonnier, at Château de Wideville; the 19th-century Italian mirror reflects a Qing-dynasty ancestor portrait and the staircase’s polychrome metal banister
The pigeonnier at the French estate has been transformed into a Chinese-themed retreat.
Sofas on the ground level are covered in custom-embroidered fabric and scattered with pillows of antique silk; the china cabinet is Italian chinoiserie, and frog-shaped jardinieres hold roses from Wideville’s gardens.
Custom-made button-tufted velvet chairs are nestled under the pigeonnier’s windows, which are fitted with hand-painted shades.
Chinese ancestor portraits from the early 19th century line the curving staircase.
Stone dogs carved in the 17th century by the French artist Jacques Sarazin overlook a lawn dotted with topiaries.
The gardens of the 280-acre estate were designed by Wirtz International.
The château’s rear façade.
Nineteenth-century wallpaper lines the château’s entrance gallery.
An 18th-century Piedmontese chandelier hangs from the winter garden’s vaulted ceiling; the French doors open to the rear terrace and topiary garden. The floral wool carpet is in the style of Jacques Moreno Pontremoli.
Portuguese chairs surround a Piedmontese dining table.
source architecturaldigest.com / Photography by Simon Watson
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What a palace!! The rooms are like jewels…
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Since my visit to Valentino’s exhibition at somerset house in London during my visit to London Fashion Week AW 2013, I am keeping eye on this particular designer for sure.
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