Sale of a historic apartment in Mallet-Stevens street

Consultants Immobilier a eu l’honneur de vendre l’appartement prestigieux de l’architecte Mallet Stevens construit en 1927 au sein de l’impasse portant son nom dans le quartier d’Auteuil qu’il a entièrement conçu.

Vente d'un appartement historique rue Mallet-Stevens, l’appartement prestigieux de l’architecte construit en 1927.

The great Art Deco style

Minimalist geometry: Air and Light, terraces on different levels in tiers, a total work with vertical distribution.

Géométrie minimaliste : Air et Lumière, terrasses à différents étages en gradins, une oeuvre totale à distribution verticale.

Vente d'un appartement historique -Vente d'un appartement historique rue Mallet-Stevens, l’appartement prestigieux de l’architecte construit en 1927.

The long span of the pergola of Mallet-Stevens’s home.
Stained glass windows inspired by Japanese graphics

Nestled in the heart of the 16th arrondissement, still very popular with lovers of chic, artistic and unusual comfort, between cascades of terraces and bay windows, the creativity of Mallet-Stevens, at the height of his glory a century ago, is just as popular today. Hence the appeal of this superb apartment steeped in history in the heart of a listed building and entirely renovated by an architect in keeping with the original style. We like the 119 m² of living space, with a large living room opening onto a dining room in a veranda offering sunshine and sky views, its fully equipped kitchen ensuring the practical and functional side and its master suite with plenty of storage space and a private shower room with a modern touch. Added value: two additional bedrooms, respectively 17.6 m2 and 11 m2, share a beautiful shower room with separate toilet. The plus? A cellar in the basement. Very quiet, clear view, sun, quality renovation, proximity to shops, the whole represents a real rare property for sale. To think that the place, whose architecture with pure lines and large openings lets natural light illuminate all the rooms, was occupied by Mallet-Stevens, a major actor of the style of the 30s. Iconic!

The story

On this summer day of July 20, 1927, Robert Mallet-Stevens, a dandy always dressed to the nines, did not seem to suffer too much from the heat. It must be said that he was the king of the party. At just 41 years of age, two years after the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (for which he built a pavilion), this worldly architect, who mainly created sets for movies and stores, was preparing to savor his moment of glory. Ministers, prefects… the whole Parisian world crowded into this little dead end in the Auteuil district to attend his great work: the inauguration of a 77-meter long and 7-meter wide alley, which he designed and built together, and which will now bear his name, during his lifetime! “Through this string of 5 private mansions, adjoining or adjoining other opulent residences, this genius builder of modernity invented the avant-garde model of urban villas”, says Maurice Culot, architectural historian and editor of several works devoted to this architect who died in 1945, at the age of 58.

Nestled at the end of the cul-de-sac, the janitor's house closes the composition of the architectural "grand ensemble".

“These hotels, each with a special program, are very different from each other, but designed with the same spirit to create unity. If the programs are not similar, the requirements of each of its inhabitants are the same: air of light. And all these terraces on different floors, arranged in tiers, on an entire street, will provide a green ensemble harmonizing with the calm lines of the architecture,” explained Robert Mallet-Stevens during the construction of this harmonious play of cubes and cylinders, forming a very innovative urban ensemble, a total work.
The distribution of the villas was done in a vertical manner. Garage, kitchen and workshop on the first floor. Bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms and bathrooms on the intermediate floors. While the servants’ rooms and terraces were located on the top floors. Heliotropism, the cult of the sun, was making its appearance at the time, and the corner windows offered panoramic views,” continues Maurice Culot. We are in the realm of straight lines and whiteness, horizontals and verticals punctuated by black metallic rings, which was not previously the case in Art Nouveau.”

Barillet, Prouvé, Perriand. A purification of ornamentation that does not, however, erase the taste for detail and beautiful woodwork and frames. To be convinced of this, it is enough to take a look at the stained glass windows by Louis Barrillet (1880-1948) or the wrought iron door by Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) which always opens onto the workshop of Jean and Joël Martel, sculptors of the bas-reliefs of the Palais de Chaillot, twin brothers born and died the same year (1896-1966). Located at number 10, their building is the only one that has not moved at all from its original profile, only divided into apartments but still marked by a cylindrical staircase crowned at the underside by a red ceramic tile. “One is never so well served as by oneself” says the saying. Also, it is at number 12, at the corner of rue du Docteur-Blanche, that Robert Mallet-Stevens’s home and architectural agency were located. Raised two stories in the 1970s, this five-story building still houses the master’s apartment. “Winter garden with original tiles, vintage sash windows, pure lines, generous luminosity…” its recent owners, Cathy and Philippe, are full of praise for the order of the place and claim to be more than ever aficionados of this architecture, “Comfortable, Feng Shui and without fuss. From their open-air balcony, a glance at the hairpin impasse closed by a janitor’s house (original) reveals a splendid period cedar. For Maurice Culot: “It was for Mallet-Stevens a way of showing that we were here (almost) in the country.”

Emmanuel Monvidran

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