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"Valentino Garavani's Asian-Inspired Ch\u00E2teau Near Paris\nCh\u00E2teau de Wideville celebrates the haute couturier's passion for all things Chinese, from Qing-dynasty ancestor portraits to European chinoiserie\nJoined by one of his pugs, couturier Valentino Garavani stands before a hand-painted fireplace on the ground floor of the former dovecote, or pigeonnier,at Ch\u00E2teau de Wideville; the 19th-century Italian mirror reflects a Qing-dynasty ancestor portrait and the staircase's polychrome metal banister.\nThe pigeonnier at the French estate has been transformed into a Chinese-themed retreat.\nIn the pigeonnier, a 19th-century lacquer-and-gilt screen is displayed on a marble-top rosewood table.\nThe round Chinese symbol for longevity is worked into the staircase's railing; on the table are 18th-century fans.\nSofas on the ground level are covered in custom-embroidered fabric and scattered with pillows of antique silk; the china cabinet is Italian chinoiserie, and frog-shaped jardinieres hold roses from Wideville's gardens.\nCustom-made button-tufted velvet chairs are nestled under the pigeonnier's windows, which are fitted with hand-painted shades.\nChinese ancestor portraits from the early 19th century line the curving staircase.\nStone dogs carved in the 17th century by the French artist Jacques Sarazin overlook a lawn dotted with topiaries.\nThe gardens of the 280-acre estate were designed by Wirtz International.\nThe ch\u00E2teau's rear fa\u00E7ade.\nA pavilion containing a shell grotto.\nNineteenth-century wallpaper lines the ch\u00E2teau's entrance gallery.\nAn 18th-century Piedmontese chandelier hangs from the winter garden's vaulted ceiling; the French doors open to the rear terrace and topiary garden. The floral wool carpet is in the style of Jacques Moreno Pontremoli.\nEnglish chinoiserie mirrors from the 1880s flank the marquetry doors; the Dutch center table incorporates delftware accents.\nChinese panels fill the winter garden's arched niches; the cocktail table is inset with famille-rose plates.\nPortuguese chairs surround a Piedmontese dining table.\nA table setting in the ch\u00E2teau's winter garden."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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