A French Collector's Whimsical West Coast Home
Style, design, and furniture are in Anne-Sophie Deneve’s DNA. The daughter of serious collectors of 18th-century furniture, she spent her childhood at auctions and estate sales. Anne-Sophie describes her family as “passionate aesthetes . . . all under the spell of collecting." This is the foundation of her deep relationship with beautiful interiors. Travel was the next important influence on her aesthetic journey. The interiors and architecture of Morocco, India, and Turkey have all inspired her deeply. She recalls having an “aesthetic shock” on her visit to Roberto Peregalli’s home in Tangier, Morocco. “It is an interior that makes you feel,” she says. This elusive quality also characterizes some of her favorite style icons, including Jacques Grange, Madeleine Castaing, Eileen Gray, the Noailles family, Axel Vervoordt with his deft use of wabi-sabi, and Marc Newson’s refined contemporary. “These designers feed me,” Anne-Sophie says. More recently, after relocating to the West Coast of the United States, she has also fallen in love with Mexico’s architecture and interiors. The “refined austere” found in spaces by the likes of Luis Barragan have further pushed her sense of design.
Published: Architectural Digest