The American media tycoon David Sabstein's Los Angeles-based Fleur de Lys, a mansion in Los Angeles, has attracted much attention in the western high society. This Versailles-style building is extremely luxurious, especially all furnishings and decoration of interior furnishings. Both are antique collections of France in the 18th century.
The magnificent hall of the mansion
Home salons are places where families often come together. Oriental furniture works are perfectly integrated with French armchairs and furniture of the eighteenth century.
The mansion was reported by Vanity Fair magazine and many major magazines and media in Europe and America and praised it as "If the night falls, don't turn on the lights and put a candle, it will bring you back to 18th-century France!" Known as the "Little Versailles Palace" on the shores of the Pacific Ocean. Such a luxurious and elegant interior style stems from Mr. Saberstein's employment of the best art history experts and buyers in the world to manage everything for him. 36-year-old antique furniture dealer in Paris, art history expert Gregory Mojer is the main designer and furniture buyer of this luxury house.
The restaurant is luxurious and elegant, and it can serve more than a dozen guests at the same time. It can imagine the gathering of Los Angeles celebrities here.
The hallway is like an art exhibition hall. Eighteenth-century Phnom Penh mirrors and classic master paintings hang on both sides of the wall. Armchairs placed between them are all elegant pieces of the eighteenth century. The fabric is made of fine Lyon silk.
After graduating from Louvre, a famous arts institution in Paris, and Motte from London's Kotod School of Art, he received a master's degree in art history and worked for five years in an art appraisal agency in Paris. In 2001 Moge met Sabbatstan and met In the early period, Moger took him to visit museums and museums, private collections and other places when he visited Paris every time. Saberstein soon fell in love with the art and decoration of the eighteenth century in France. This is, after all, the most glorious of art and the era of great achievement. A great plan was inoculated. Mr. Sabstein decided to build a building similar to the castle of Versailles in France on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean in Los Angeles. The interior decoration is of course the same style as Versailles. This is a bold and amazing plan. In the three years after this, Moge traveled between Paris and Los Angeles to carefully select and match each piece of furniture and collectibles, as well as the luxury fabrics. The whole luxury house costs US$70 million, and the purchase of furniture and interior decorations is as much as US$55 million.
The castle's music salon, walls, and furniture fabrics are all exquisitely made from French Lyontes. The gentle, soft pinks bring royal style.
The man’s study room is home to 18th-century books. The desk is a valuable piece of Louis XV period furniture. There is a treasure box with a warning function in the corner of the study.
The self-made rich man had been a car dealer in the 1970s. In an accidental traffic jam, he had a whim, he thought of the idea of ​​providing traffic to the radio to help people get to know the road. He quickly relied on his The use of helicopters to sell traffic information to American Radio has amassed a tremendous amount of wealth, and it has become the largest shareholder of Westwood, the largest radio network in the United States. His luxurious mansion, his ex-wife Susan, is the biggest consumer in the French luxury clothing industry! These Hollywood, which are not surprising and extravagant, are unmatched. The couple is currently undergoing the most expensive divorce case in the world. His ex-wife demanded a billion dollars in maintenance -- half of his worth, and the reason for the huge price was that he fell in love with his children's beauty nanny, and this The nanny is simply a replica of his wife's youth.
This American rich man who has attracted the attention of the world is now in front of me. After introducing each other, Mr. Sa wisely and humorously talked, and his earnest and eager attitude quickly dispelled all the original concerns and seemed like a long absence. Friends chatted across me. Although he continued to have calls from the United States, our interviews were intermittent, but the topic went very smoothly!
David Sabstein was pleasantly interviewed on a trip to Paris in the George V Hotel Paris.
Why choose French style in the 18th century? Not other artistic styles?
This is a personal preference and feeling. First of all, the United States is a country with a history of only 200 years. Then history has become a factor that attracts more Americans. In the history of France, the 18th century was an era in which art was very prosperous. During this period, various artworks and furniture were beautifully exquisite and the craftsmanship was superb. It was unique and very representative. The other is the exquisite tapestry and fabrics of the eighteenth century, and the hand-workshops that produced them have existed today for hundreds of years. Such a good tradition is truly amazing!
One year before determining the style of the residence, my furniture art consultant and buyer, Gregory Mauge, took me to visit the national and private museums of Paris, including Versailles. There are several major private art collections. In the process of these visits and studies, I gradually established the style of the eighteenth century.
Another point is an innate love for this style of art. I think these gorgeous and elegant decorations give me a warm feeling and a sense of home. If I were to live in a modern art-like decorative environment, I would feel like in a hospital, the cold feeling I could not bear.
The past luxury like a palace-like master bedroom has witnessed a beautiful love. Today, with the world’s most expensive divorce case, the time of love has faded in the past 20 years.
The name of the mansion is French's "The Flower of Leith." Why?
In the history of France, the shape of Liss Flower is a symbol of the royal family, the crown, and the royal authority. However, in the United States, there is no royal family. Then we use this name in the United States as a legacy of history, and of course it has also created a funny joke.
The owner's bathroom is also a classical and elegant atmosphere. It does not reduce the artistic index because of practicality!
All corners of the mansion are designed to be exquisitely crafted, and fabrics are also shipped from France, made in France by a dedicated French technician.
So, in the entire 18th century collection, did you have any kind of collection that you thought was particularly meaningful or especially liked, and why?
There is a big box, an 18th-century treasure box. I like it very much. Because when I looked at it, there was a kind of alarming role. I often remembered what was the most important thing in a society. In a society where the two ends are the richest and the poorest, if there are only two extremes in the society, then the problem is very big. Like in French history, the poor will rebel to revolutionize and even kill the emperor. . Well, if there is a solid and motivated middle class in a society, then society can be stable and hopeful!
The other is the fish-shaped porcelain of Louis XIV of France. It reminds me of an interesting question. Louis XIV is almost an emperor without privacy. His life is always exposed to the public and becomes the talk of people, but the people love him very much. By the time of Louis XVI's succession, the emperor asked him to have his own private space. He always avoided the masses and walked away with his independence and was finally killed by the people. What is this warning? People can't love people they can't understand, so it's a must to let people know. This is the most important thing. This also applies to the attitude of the two emperors to their empress. Louis XIV stayed with his empress all day and made his empress love him too. Such an emperor could win the hearts of the people; the queen of Louis XVI and The emperor lived separately and the emperor lived alone in the "Trianon" Palace beside the Palace of Versailles. There was a gap between the couple. How could they make people feel that they were not separated? So how important is the relationship between a man and his wife!
What kind of garden is your home?
My garden has 7 acres of colored roses. Each of these different colors of roses is used to decorate the rooms of the entire mansion. It's more than enough! The style of the garden is also a neat geometrical symmetry of Versailles gardens.
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