AMOUR VOLUME 1
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Félix Agostini was always guided by love: a love of lines, women, beauty, birds, music... And people. Depuis sa prime jeunesse, Félix Agostini a été guidé par l’Amour des lignes, de la femme, de la beauté, des oiseaux, de la musique, de tout enfin ce qui apporte, sur cette Terre, sa contribution à l’harmonie des choses... et des gens. Portrait par Roger-Louis

FÉLIX AGOSTINI BY CHARLES PARIS BELLES HISTOIRES Out of the merging between tradition and contemporary trends, intelligent handiwork with metal, Félix Agostini and Charles: let there be light. Warm, beautiful, and elegant. A sculpture of art. In the workshop, ten loyal craftsmen carry on a hundred-year tradition of exceptional skill. A tradition of excellence they accept as duty, dictated by the passion of men determined to pour all their talent and expertise into creating interior jewelry that sculpts the light. Each piece is a real masterwork, conceived, designed, poured, chiseled, filed,...

Félix Agostini 1910-1980 WITH HIS ”LUCKY STAR“ LIGHTING THE WAY, AS HE LIKED TO BELIEVE, THIS STRONG-WILLED MAN DETERMINED HIS OWN DESTINY UP TO HIS DEATH... Born in Paris, this fiery artist was still a worthy heir to Corsica, the Isle of Beauty. He was always guided by love: a love of lines, women, beauty, birds, and music. This harmony shone through the slender designs he presented during his lifetime in his Paris boutique on the Rue de Penthièvre, as well as in the Cusin de Mougins gallery one month each summer. In his thirties, following a career as an advertising artist (with...

ÉCLAIRÉ PAR SA “BONNE ÉTOILE” COMME IL AIMAIT À LE PENSER, CET HOMME DE VOLONTÉ DÉCIDA DE SON DESTIN JUSQU’À SA MORT... Né à Paris, mais digne héritier de l’île de beauté, cet artiste au caractère de feu a toujours été guidé par l’amour : celui des lignes, de la femme, de la beauté, des oiseaux, de la musique. Harmonie retranscrite dans des créations filiformes exposées de son vivant dans sa boutique parisienne de la rue de Penthièvre et, un mois d’été par an, par la galerie Cusin de Mougins. Suite à une carrière de dessinateur au service de la publicité (imprimerie Draeger), après guerre...

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INTERVIEW WITH DOMINIQUE KERGUENNE AGOSTINI & MICHAEL WAGNER WHY LAUNCH A COLLABORATION NOW BETWEEN AGOSTINI AND CHARLES? Dominique Kerguenne Agostini. Since my father died, I’ve always done everything I can to protect his legacy and inspect every piece that goes onto the sales floor. Michael Wagner. I was immediately touched by this respect. More than thirty years later, the artist’s talent is still intact and even rarer. No miscommunications have defaced his pieces or reduced their value; this is a real gem in interior design. D.K.A. Originally, I took carefully protected this heritage,...

POURQUOI CETTE COLLABORATION AUJOURD’HUI ENTRE AGOSTINI ET LA MAISON CHARLES ? Dominique Kerguenne Agostini. Depuis la mort de mon père, j’ai toujours pris soin de protéger son œuvre et de vérifier chaque pièce passant en salle des ventes. Michael Wagner. Ce respect m’a tout de suite touché. Plus de trente ans après, le talent de l’artiste est intact et d’autant plus rare. Aucune mauvaise communication n’est venue entacher ou diminuer la cote de ses pièces : un véritable trésor de décoration. D.K.A. Au début, je conservais précieusement cet héritage, même si le désir de mon père était que...

A century-old expert tradition and devotion to beauty set Charles apart. The luxury of Charles designs can be appreciated in their smallest details, meticulously finished with metal décor realized by highly qualified specialists. In the gilding workshops, each bronze piece is embellished with the chosen finish: satin, sanded, or glossy. The bronze undergoes long hours of polishing before the shade is applied, delicately smoothing out rough patches in the metal to prepare it. One by one, the polished pieces are then hand-dipped in a bath of fine gold. If necessary, a scratch brush is used to...

A fire patina is the finishing touch, after the work of engraving and sculpting, to give the work its full depth and enable it to sculpt light and draw the eyes. This surface treatment is applied by hand, one piece at a time, without counting the hours. Only human experts are capable of such painstaking work, an art passed directly from one patineur to another, outside the walls of any school, in secrecy. Each Félix Agostini piece reflects the spirit of the founders of turn-of-the-century artists, like a sculpture with nuances of browns and deep greens. This level of perfection requires...

The Hôtel Amour is decorated with a hodgepodge of furniture from different periods, carefully pieced together from antique dealers so that each room can tell its own story. Félix Agostini’s timeless, exclusive works blend perfectly into the hotel’s sense of place. With a glint of bronze, his sconces, floor lamps, consoles, and coffee tables add to the contemporary charm of the rooms in which they are placed, lighting them up with the warmth of a traditionally crafted piece. Félix Agostini’s handmade sculptures are rare treasures on the interior design market. This re-release by Charles is...

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