Saturday, April 10, 2010

Home Decorating Ideas: Cosmetics Executive Christine d’Ornano's London Home

Home Decorating Ideas: Cosmetics Executive Christine d’Ornano's London Home

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As befits third-generation cosmetics royalty, Christine d’Ornano was raised with her three siblings in an expansive Paris apartment overlooking the Seine. It was a Belle Epoque riot of gilding, carving, swags, embroidery, tassels, porcelain, bronzes, silver, sculptures, and overstuffed chaise longues. “There were objects everywhere,” d’Ornano remembers. “But there’s something very cozy about my parents’ home you can’t help being influenced by.”
Indeed. In the front drawing room of the London house she shares with her husband, financier Marzouk Al-Bader, flanked by modernist chairs by Joe Colombo and Gerrit Rietveld, sits an ormolu-encrusted desk, a present from her father on her 18th birthday. “It’s a 19th-century reinterpretation of a 15th-century design,” she says. “It belonged originally to his father, my grandfather. And it was given to him by François Coty, who got my family into cosmetics.” Her grandfather Comte Guillaume d’Ornano cofounded Lancôme; her father, Comte Hubert d’Ornano, started Orlane, and after both firms were sold, he and his wife, Isabelle, launched Sisley, known for its high-end creams and other beauty products.
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This is perfect. I love it!

This is perfect. I love it!

I like the mix of modern and

I like the mix of modern and eclectic; the use of splashes of colors and white.
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