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La Compagnie Française De L’orient Et De La Chine
Opens A New Concept Store On Boulevard Raspail To Celebrate Their 50 Years
The Address
10 boulevard Raspail, a mythical address in an elegant
Parisian neighbourhood.
Flashback: 1935, imagine the first delicatessen shop,
"chez Coûté", on the corner of Rue de Grenelle and
Boulevard Raspail, close to Bon Marché, replaced after
the war by a huge service station.
In this space of 300 m2, renovated by architecture firm
IMAO, a peaceful universe reigns, with an astute blend of
light wood, exotic parquet, columns of glass, a surprising
metal mashrabiya, and 50 meters of windows dressed in
Chinese shadows in allusion to the meticulous work of
the master craftsmen selected by the company.
La Compagnie Française De L’orient Et De La Chine : A
Story Of Passion...
From the beginning there was passion – a family's passion
for China: Jacques Dautresme, an unrelenting traveller,
was fascinated in the 1930s by the forgotten treasures of
the Middle Empire. 50 years ago, his nephew, François, a
talented photographer, aesthete and pioneer, decided to
give a new lease of life to the ancient savoir-faire of Asia
by setting up a concept store ahead of its time.