Abundance of goods does not affect the proverb

Opulence, from latin opulentia, generally refers the abundance of goods. State in which the Romans were indeed very well their rank. "Abundance of goods does not affect", the proverb. Except when it actually display as Fouquet at vaux-le - Vicomte at its fatal festivities offered to King Louis XIV who win him end his life in the fortress of Pinerolo. In 1844, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte wrote in the Extinction of poverty: "poverty is more seditious when opulence is more oppressive." Well seen. Became Napoleon III, our theoretician trades off its social fiber incarnats fabrics of the Second Empire, undoubtedly the most opulent decorative style of the 19th century after Louis-Philippe bourgeois modesty. Notables of province in love again. Marker of a period characterized by the development of industry and trade, and the constitution of that defeat also quickly acquired fortunes, the Napoleon III style was a blend of genres. There are predominant black lacquered wood enhanced gold, valuable inlays, the large crystal chandeliers and gilded bronze. Formalized in 1925, art deco (designated as much later) is a new opulence by the stock market crash of 1929. Therefore the ornamentation and the opulent become taboo. After war, the onset of the industrial series furniture and architectural minimalism will lapse on the very idea of opulence, the ultimate expression will be the lyrical éxubérance of the years 1939-1950. There will then be as a bad taste to display his wealth.

Swimming in happiness

The consumer society aims not to swim in opulence, but in happiness. Become kitsch after having been reduced to pastiche State by Hollywood, opulence has even more to hang curtains. The draperies and hangings are obsolete. Dominating from the beginning of the 1990s, minimalism was the first universal global style in total coincidence aesthetic, moral and creative, with the penetration of computers, home automation and e-business. Both jeuniste and statutory - look how I am contemporary-, but is regarded by critics as the loincloth of those who have no idea, minimalism soon enough took feet in Swedish (ras) mat. "We also, do us the minimalismo", declared in 2003 a Donatella Versace brandishing the catalogues of the Versace Home collection: "everything was Golden, has been silver." Since then, minimalism has turned to the maximalism, another portmanteau including all currents neobaroque, post-kitsch or eclectico-rococo dangle the decorative scene of today. The road to wealth just reopened.

It all started with the return of the crystal chandelier and the great game of the Artic. Schönbrunn in the connected with Swarovski, Baccarat and Saint-Louis from the ceiling. Then with the burst of good large armchairs to read old in Baker, Moissonnier, Gilles Nouailhac, or Ralph Lauren Home. Following the reintroduction of historic furniture, rehabilitation of upholstery fabrics, wallpaper, the use of precious woods to cooking, the return to grace of furniture artists and cabinetmaking. And, most importantly, the resurgence of the seats and upholstered decors, the Chesterfield Sofa full leather to the headboards satin very 1940s. The new opulence advance more hidden. It takes advantage of the trend "home theatre of feelings" to regain its comfortable and make designers what is due them, paid tribute to Jacques Adnet, Jean Royère, Emilio Terry or Serge Roche requires. A renaissance of the exhibition of the artists decorators (SAD) is also planned for the fall of 2007. It had its zenith at the end of the 1930s and in the immediate post-war period, golden age of the profession.

The grand return of opulence comes at a time when the international situation is more than ever unstable and anxiety-provoking. The opening fanfare of Russian, Indian and Chinese markets, deposits of prodigious fortunes, has certainly altered the landscape. It is also fun to see the efforts of Italian industrial design to add to its base of lush Ruffs. It's to seduce a clientele that has long opted for a flamboyant style already plébisicité in the Middle East. Thus Bisazza, a world leader in the production of pulp of glass mosaics decor, recently launched a collection of furniture (Bisazza Home) with mirror and velour under the artistic direction of Carlo del Bianco. Colombo Stile, another thriving Italian House, was granted to reproduce furniture, mirrors and Thrones of the Moscow State Historical Museum. The multiple talents of designers and artists known for their exuberance in addition to his mastery of cabinetmaking. As whimsical Giovanni Malerba da Busca, recently promoted artistic director of all of the collections. Its own line was named "Il gusto dei principi" ("the taste of the princes"). Or as the French Jean Antone Hierro, creator of furniture under the name of Hierro-across, decorator and costume designer for Opera.

Flamboyant

After working long with Colombo Stile, the flamboyant italo-suisse interior designer Carlo Rampazzi, whose you scrambles Russia services, has opened his gallery in Paris, in full Carré Rive-Gauche. It presents its collections "The multiple" and "The multiple RécupLuxe" whose extravagance will put the castles of Ludwig II of Bavaria for Cistercian monasteries. Carlo Rampazzi has signed the decor of the Berluti case new shows in Paris. On the left bank also, the first Collection Pierre showroom reinterprets the styles of French 18th. The classic Louis XV and Louis XVI here take their comfortable without the "chichi pompon" usual to the genus. Collection is composed of eighty pieces created under the artistic direction of the American designer John Hutton, published by Gaëtan of Hotel, grandson of the famous French cabinetmaker Pierre Counot. It is fully produced and realized by the craftsmen of the Vosges workshops Counot-Blandin. Italy always, in addition to wooden furniture precious Promemoria dressed leather or silk by the Milanese Romeo Sozzi, need to see those of the new Versace Home collection, upholstered in White leather and seamed mirrors which will be lush on the jets private Tag group and Dubai in the new Palazzo Versace hotel in 2008. The wave of opulence affects same Armani Casa where Oriental soiries and a touch of baroque round sharp corners of the essentialism claimed so far by Giorgio Armani.

Opulence is not just reserved for receiving parts. The bedroom, the kitchen and the bathroom after the movement. Produced by Cima Arredobagno, program "Dream" of the Italian Agency Nucleo founded by Pier Giorgio Robino reached the pure delirium. Bowl ceramic gold on a black lacquered furniture in relief, valves gold plated 24 carat and the Venetian mirror.

To the mineral which starts with the incredible pace marble panels and hard stones (onyx of the Mexico, Egyptian alabaster and lapis lazuli of the Chile...), whose size in the vertical gives a Palace splendor to a single corridor. Opulence is known to be brief...

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ANTOLINI

In Paris: The Gallery, 137, boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris. Tel.: 01 58 36 01 36.

ARMANI / CASA

195, boulevard Saint Germain, 75006 Paris.

Tel.: 01 53 63 33 50.

BAKER

Hotel the Grand Veneur, 60, rue de Turenne, 75003 Paris. Tel.: 01 44 54 50 70.

COLLECTION PIERRE

12, rue Saints-fathers, 75007 Paris.

Tel.: 01 42 97 51 91.

JAIME HAYON/BD EDICIONES

NOI/CARLO RAMPAZZI

4, rue de Lille, 75007 Paris.

Tel.: 01 42 97 53 37.

NUCLEO

VERSACE HOME

41, rue François-Ier, 75008 Paris.

Tel.: 01 47 42 88 02.