In its high ceilings, full length windows, and tumbling moulded swags and garlands, this apartment embodies the patrician panache of its neighbouring Senat, France’s upper house of parliament. The marble statue in the hall speaks classical jurisprudence to the decadently assembled Louis XV chairs and dark wood escritoires. And the Persian rugs beneath glass-fronted cabinets of leather-bound tomes line the walls between mirrors and oil-painted portraits. Just beyond your door you'll find the beautiful Jardin du Luxembourg, and the haute delights of both Sèvres-Babylone and Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
The diplomats
Paris and her history run in the veins of your hosts – he worked in the Senat, she has lived in this apartment all her life. Their power-brokering days behind them, they’re contented taking pleasure in entertaining their grandchildren and vacationing in the South.
Lofty chambers
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