This apartment is situated in the very heart of Moscow - its historical part. Over the past hundred years, the apartment was made over several times and as a result nothing of the historic decorations was preserved. But the location itself, the view from the windows and the atmosphere of the district as well as the client’s expressed wish encouraged us to develop a design that would, to an extent possible, provide for restoring the historic content of the time when the building had been built – the 1880s. Curiously enough, after the project had been completed, the old blueprints of the building’s layout turned up to reveal that our project layout fitted the old one to a tee. An important task was to have the flat fitted out with “old-school” double-glazed windows that, unlike any other windows, allow light to reflect as if through a double lens. The doors and stucco were made to original 19th century drawings. The pattern of the parquet floor is based on a piece of the original parquet floor that was found during the dismantling of the flooring layers. This project qualifies as a restoration to the extent we have strived to recreate the atmosphere of the late 19th century.
The clients – a French couple in love with Russia that has lived here for quite some time. Both the clients and the architects agreed that this space should be furnished with Russian antique pieces, while the light fixtures should be contemporary to dilute the general atmosphere. Paintings by reputable Russian artists that our clients collected during their sojourn in Russia decorate the walls.
Brands, furniture and materials for the project
- Chairs, black lacquer, China, XIX cent., Antique gallery “Ruskaya Usadba”
- Painting on the wall "In the Kyrgyz steppe" by P.V.Kuznetsov
- Oak parquet floor, "Zolotoy Les"
- Ceiling lamp, Zangra,
- Hanging ceiling lamp, FontanaArte
- Wall lamp w171 alma, Wästberg
- Chair, Coco, Gubi.
- Table lamp Bestlit, Gubi
- Table, mahogany, brass, leather, Russia, 1910s
- On the table - neolithic ax, 2nd millennium BC e
- On the Wall - panel "Allegory of Paradise", Europe, early XX century
- Bench, Russia, XIX century. All items from Antique gallery “Ruskaya Usadba”
- Kitchen designed by Blockstudio, Ex-drev.su
- Hanging lamps, Zangra
- Fragment of a temple icon, wood, tempera, Central Russia, 18th century
- Sofa, walnut, carving, Russia, 1860-70
- Forged floor light, Russian North, 18th century
- Painting "Nymph", France, XIX century
- All items from Antique gallery “Ruskaya Usadba”
- Sofa, Russia, 1860-70s. Secretaire, mahogany, Russia, XIX century. Brass candlesticks, Russia, 1770s
- All items from Antique gallery “Ruskaya Usadba”
- Wall lamp Parola, FontanaArte
- Table Cupid by Zuiver
- Table’s lamp Gravity Large by Gubi
- Magazine rack by Dutchbone
- all items from L'Appartement Gallery
- Armchair, painted birch, Russia, 1810s. Marble bust, Europe, early 20th century
- All items from Antique gallery “Ruskaya Usadba”
- Vase Globe by AYTM, L'Appartement Gallery
- Painting on the wall by Dudi Sarabyanov "Spirit"
- On the floor and on the dresser - sculptures by Alexander Chichkin, L'Appartement Gallery
- Armchair and recamier, Russia, XIX century, Antique gallery “Ruskaya Usadba”
- Hanging lamp Globe
Bathroom:
- Hanging lamp, Le Klint 107
- Wall lamp, Bestlite BL7 by Gubi
- Armchair, birch, Russia, Vologda province, XIX century
- Stool, Russian North. Brass jug, Russia, XIX century
- All items from Antique gallery “Ruskaya Usadba”
- Mirror, Arcade, Burlington.
- Ceiling lamp, Moody by Zuiver, L'Appartement Gallery
View from the hallway to the bathroom
- Lombard table, mahogany, Russia, XIX century
- Acroterius, marble, 4th century BC Mirror, wood, gesso, gilding, Russia, XIX century
