Musicians Katia and Marielle Labèque’s Home and Studio in Rome
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Photo: Simon Watson1/13The Rome apartment of pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque was renovated by architect Alessio Lipari and decorated by Axel Vervoordt. In the living room, an antique Italian mirror hangs above the slipcovered Vervoordt sofa, and a bronze Thai Buddha torso is displayed on a sculptor's pedestal. The armchair at right is Louis XIII.
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2/13The Rome apartment of pianists Katia (left) and Marielle Labèque was renovated by architect Alessio Lipari and decorated by Axel Vervoordt.
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3/13The living room’s 18th-century French table showcases rare finds, including, at left, an antique pietra ollare bowl and a Han-dynasty bronze vase.
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4/13At one end of the living room is an antique Italian painted cabinet filled with glassware; a silk curtain masks the Dolby home-theater system.
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5/13A kitchen cabinet is made of reclaimed 17th-century wood.
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6/13For Katia’s bedroom, on a mezzanine, Vervoordt designed the railing from antique metal rods once used as roof supports at the Louvre.
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7/13Katia’s bath features a Roman marble tub.
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8/13The mirror that surmounts Katia’s sink is 18th-century Italian, as is the polychrome stool.
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9/13Silk taffeta skirts a 19th-century marble basin in Marielle’s bath.
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10/13Marielle’s bedroom walls are decorated with 18th-century painted panels, while the coffered ceiling, original to the space, is whitewashed. Above a painted secretary hangs a Baroque Italian gilded mirror; the Savonarola chair dates from the 17th century.
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11/13Labeques坐在斯坦威大pianos in their Rome recording studio, which occupies a 1920s former school building and was renovated by architect Serena Mignatti.
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12/13A sandstone sphere in the same space was carved by Thai monks.
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13/13Farmhouse furniture stands beneath a beamed metal ceiling.
