On the Right Bank
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Tall windows flank a 1960s silk screen by Martial Raysse in the living room. Circa 1920 French armchairs are near a Ming lacquered panel that was made into a low table. Stroheim & Romann drapery and wall Ultrasuede; Clarence House wall cord. Houlès tiebacks.
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A pair of Greek Revival French chairs, a Korean jar and leather armchairs from the 1930s stand in the living room in front of a circa 1980 diptych, Threshold , by Harland Miller. The marble-top table, which is inlaid with onyx, is 17th-century Italian.
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"It's a powerful blend of antiques and art," designer Juan Pablo Molyneux says of the Paris apartment of Benjamin Steinitz and his wife, Nadia Fakhoury.
A Léger print hangs above a Ming cabinet in the hall. All antiques throughout from Bernard et Benjamin Steinitz Antiquaire.
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A vintage advertising poster overlooks the study, where a French sculpture from the Middle Ages, in the corner, faces a 19th-century French veneered cylinder desk. A suite of Italian painted furniture and a late-19th-century table rest on a 1930s Chinese rug.
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Late-18th-century Japanese figures are in the master bedroom before a painting by Florence Derive. On either side are wrought iron sculptures, Guardians , by Luca Pizzorno. The polychrome horse is a mid-18th-century child's toy chest. Houlès drapery trim and tiebacks.
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"Their collections are constantly changing," says Molyneux.
A painting from the circle of Fantin-Latour is grouped with a 1930s Italian walnut chest, a framed autograph by Alfred Hitchcock and a 19th-century bronze rabbit. The soldier sculpture is by Germaine Richier.