A brownstone on New York’s Upper East Side becomes an art salon, combining the comforts of home with exhibit space. Aluminum lacquered Nextel screens, custom-designed furniture, and a 50 square-meter Mikaeloff silk rug outfit the main salon.

Curtains of white silk and beige panne velour complement the sober atmosphere designed to showcase the impressionist paintings.

In the dining room, the formality of late 19th-century Russian influence mixes with impressionism and contemporary New York style.