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esove: Thed6cor of along Callery sets thedistinctive tone of Mme MadeleineCastaing'smainfloor apartment in Paris. Lightly scaledantique furnishings are arrangedsymmetrically along awall whose windowsare covered by 19th-centuryFrench floral-paintedshades. nrorr TheSalonexemplifieslestyleAnglais revival, for which antiquarian/designerCastaing isnoted. An18th-centuryEnglish settee, a Victorian fringedpoufand anAustrian Schcinbrunn-style canap6provideinteresting shapes. Paintings on the walls bySoutine; paintingontheeaselby Paolo Vallos.
PHOTOGRAPHYY PASCALINOUSTEXTBY VALENTINE AWFORD
rN HETNTERNATToNALoRLD f lhe antiquaire ndtheinterior designer there areafewmen andwomenwho have achieved alegendary status,a statusbasednotontalent alone but on aflair that almostdefies definition.One of this eliteis surelyMmeMadeleine Castaing ofParis, though she herselfwould no doubt bethe first to deny it.Her house forms thenortheast angle of therueBonaparteand the rueJacob,andthegroundfloorlies slightly below streetevel. Like many compa-rable corners onthe Left Bank inParis heplaceisself-evidentlyan antiquesshopnpart,but theviewthroughthe windows hassuch an intriguinglyintimatequality that one almost hesitatesopushopen he streetdoor-forfear of disturbinga housepartyof amiableghostsn the midstof a conversa-tion, orinterrupting theplot of a long-forgottennovel.Andperhapshe oddpresentiment s not all
 
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