IT HAS BEEN A RATHER wild day at the office, with little emergencies and millions of unanswered emails, but things are finally settling down just a little, and just in time for this week’s instalment of MAXIMALISM, featuring lacy dresses and Paris and roses, chandeliers and herringbone floors and canopy beds . . .
YOU MAY REMEMBER the term ornate austerity used here quite a few times before, sometimes referring to the work of Gilles et Boissier or Andrée Putman, but most often referring to Joseph Dirand, and so was thrilled to come across a recent article in The New York Times featuring the architect’s elegantly spare Seventh Arrondissement apartment.