Isabella said in the letter that she would fill the house with art and beautiful old furniture called antiques so that other people could enjoy them.
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The French house teamed up with various furniture, accessories and industrial designers like Patricia Urquiola and Christian Liagre to create pieces that are unique and utterly original.
In the afternoon, we rent a little local home in one of the prettiest backstreets, a tiny town-house filled with heavily lacquered antique furniture, glowering sepia photographs of ancestors and an aged television perfect for watching equally vintage Turkish soap operas.