Haute Couture for the Home: Jean Francois Lesage

Any lover of fashion will be familiar with the legendary petits mains of Lesage. Since the time of Napoleon, the house of Lesage has been the go-to for exquisite hand-beading and embroidery. And while a Lesage-embellished gown is not in my forseeable future, a pillow, with prices starting at 80€ - most certainly is.

detail of pillow from Projection collection

While in Paris last week, we stumbled upon the newly opened left bank shop of Jean-Francois Lesage. It is his first and only retail outpost and stocked with pillows, blankets, curtains and more. Each piece is distinguished not only by its exquisite manufacture but by the charm and wit of its design conceived by Lesage and his creative director Amelie Dilleman. The embroidery is carried out in Madras, India where Lesage lives full-time.

from the Chemistry collection - metal soft wire chain stitch and zigzag resemble drops of oil 420€ each

detail of curtain from "Ming" collection - metallic wire, double chain stitch

Ming curtain panel

And for my absolute favorite...

You can send Jean-Francois Lesage a painting by your child and they will replicate it into a piece of embroidery. 1960€ for the miniature Louis XVI style chair complete with embroidery

a prototype for the new Geometrical collection - think Sonia Delaunay and Russian Constructivists

beaded Playing Card pillows, 80€, each with Baroque frame with Constellation (knotted rope and French rope) overhead, 1470€

Graphicale Louis available in beige, black, brown and white
headboard 890€
bolster 660€
Euro cushion 260€
throw 1230€

For more information:
Jean-Francois Lesage
7bis, rue des Saints Pères
Paris 75007
Tel: 01 58 62 41 36
shop@jflesage.com