A Dreamy Country Estate in Normandy Blends High-Style with Cozy Charm
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1/14The main façade of the historic house.
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2/14Peter Copping of Oscar de la Renta.
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3/14A William Kent–style bench holds a basket of flowers from the garden in the entrance hall.
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4/14In the grand salon, an 18th-century Gobelin tapestry overlooks a large sofa and armchair covered in a Bennison linen and a Georgian camelback settee dressed in a Chelsea Editions embroidered floral; hunting trophies found at flea markets and antiques shops are displayed in the entrance hall beyond.
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5/14In the dining room, an 18th-century portrait attributed to the circle of Jean-Baptiste Oudry hangs above abuffet de chasseof the same period in the dining room; Jean-Paul Gourdon made the elaborate hare-lid tureen.
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6/14A local craftsman created the kitchen island, and the round shelf for fruit was designed by Godefroy de Virieu.
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7/14A 17th-century bust of Joan of Arc surveys an antique cabinet and a Lacanche range in the kitchen; 16th-century delft tiles picked up in Amsterdam ornament the backsplash.
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8/14Suede-upholstered 17th-century chairs and a vintage English refectory table furnish the breakfast area.
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9/14Rigaud crafts an arrangement of peonies and hydrangeas.
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10/14一个表is set for a luncheon in the former stables.
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11/14A Farrow & Ball wallpaper lines the petit salon, which opens to a guest room; the antique sofa is striped with a Robert Kime cotton and accented with pillows found in Istanbul, and the gilded trumeau dates from the 18th century.
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12/14An 18th-century screen stands next to a velvet-clad 1920s chaise longue in a corner of the master bedroom.
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13/14Copping and Rigaud painted the master bedroom in a rosy hue by Farrow & Ball; the antique Anglo-Indian bed features a canopy and curtains of Chelsea Editions fabrics and an antique coverlet, and the needlepoint-covered sofa is Napoléon III.
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14/14A striped Braquenié cotton from Pierre Frey sheathes a guest room’s walls; the quilt is Indian, the bedside lamps and the artwork above the bed are heirlooms, and the cabinet is 18th-century Italian.
