Inside Chopard’s hotel on Place Vendôme

Diamonds have lengthy been a leitmotif at Chopard. Diamonds characteristic all through the Swiss model’s excessive jewelry; in addition they criss-cross the watch dials of its Completely satisfied Diamonds assortment. Most just lately, the gem gave its identify to a special kind of Chopard creation: a resort room, with views on Paris’ Place Vendôme.

The Diamant Suite is one in every of 15 bedrooms – 10 suites, 5 rooms – that make up 1, Place Vendôme, the resort by Chopard. Inside strolling distance of the Louvre museum, or the Jardin des Tuileries, 1, Place Vendôme is entered through a discreet blue door flanked by the home windows of Chopard’s Paris boutique.

The resort’s format brings collectively two grand historic buildings: the Hôtel Vendôme, which was accomplished in 1723 by Pierre Perrin, the secretary to the Solar King, Louis XIV, and an adjoining residence constructed by architect Armand-Claude Mollet, who additionally designed the close by Élysée Palace. The positioning’s Classicist façades have been safeguarded as historic monuments since 1930.

The challenge of turning the buildings right into a luxurious boutique resort took Chopard 5 years. Intensive renovations included restoring rooms to their unique ceiling peak, elevating or reducing flooring and eradicating partitions – and uncovering interval architectural options. “Doing 15 suites, all individually and in another way, takes numerous time,” says Karl-Fritz Scheufele, the grandson of Karl Scheufele, who bought Chopard in 1963.

Educated on the famend EHL Hospitality Enterprise College in Lausanne, Karl-Fritz led the event of 1, Place Vendôme, working along with his father, Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, and aunt Caroline Scheufele. “It is humorous – within the household, we every have our favorite rooms. As a result of, similar to every thing that we do within the household enterprise, everyone seems to be concerned.”

A room on the resort’s sixth flooring ranks amongst his private favourites. “Suite Astronomie is known as after an vital affect in watchmaking,” he explains. “It is fashionable, very glossy. White, with a pop of color.” All through, color additionally comes courtesy of unique artworks, all chosen by the household. On show is a lithograph by Marc Chagall, a contemporary sculpture by Jean-Michel Othoniel in Murano glass, and a 1961 Yves Klein triptych.

Framed in inexperienced marble, a vibrant mosaic extends throughout a wall within the glass-roofed Winter Backyard on the primary flooring. This can be a design created by Caroline Scheufele, its naturalistic theme – replete with salamanders, toucans and leopards – a nod to the model’s Animal World assortment of jewelry. “It is a huge puzzle, mainly,” says Karl-Fritz, describing its piece-by-piece meeting on website.

Masterminded by decorator and inside designer Pierre-Yves Rochon, rooms took form within the arms of specialist artisans reminiscent of Pierre Frey and Les Ateliers Philippe Coudray, answerable for curtains and material wall coverings, and the Maison Baguès, identified for its chandeliers. Within the sprawling Chopard Condominium suite, wooden panelling has been created by Les Ateliers de la Chapelle, a community of workshops that can be engaged on the restoration of Napoleon’s condo on the Château de Rambouillet.

“Now we have the posh of not having to refill the resort,” says Karl-Fritz, describing its restricted variety of keys. “I really feel like we need to maintain it sort of confidential.” For that cause, entry is restricted to residents and invited guests solely. The thought is for a keep at 1, Place Vendôme to really feel like spending the night time at a grand household house. “We actually need folks to view these areas as an extension of their room,” Karl-Fritz explains. “It creates a sort of cosy environment.”

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