The Quirky and Wordly Apartment of Jean Francois Lesage!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">A  marvellous  empire controlled from a sprawling bungalow in Chennai and  that's the story of Vastrakala and Jean -Francois Lesage!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Vastrakala, which is Sanskrit for 'the art of textiles', was started in 1993 in Chennai by Frenchman Jean-Francois Lesage.</span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> Jean-</span><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;">François Lesage</span><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"> a </span><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">third-generation embroiderer of the Parisbased House of Lesage, which was acquired by Chanel in 2002. His father, Francois Lesage, was a famous embroiderer, whose work was sought after by the top fashion houses.</span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Vastrakala products are not available off the shelf. They are custom designed for demanding customers who are well-versed in luxury and do not think twice about spending on whatever brings out their individuality. Vastrakala's client roster is spangled with names of the rich and famous. Its works adorn buildings such as the 19th-century Opera de Monte Carlo in Monaco and the 17th-century Chateau Vaux le Vicomte near Paris, venue of steel magnate L.N. Mittal's daughter's wedding in 2004. Closer to home, they embellish the State Dining Room at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi.</span></span></em></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">Vastrakala in Chennai with just six artisans.</span></em><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">Then he had to invest in training, where the focus was on quality, discipline and the use of the right tools.</span><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;">He adds that they also learned various stitching techniques and the use of newer materials.<b>(as reported by business today)</b></span></span></em></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #3d4239; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal;"> Earlier </span>Jean-François Lesage used to live above the embroidery workshop he runs in an Arts and Crafts–style house in Chennai, India. As the business grew, however, space became an issue. “One day, I found myself with craftsmen embroidering just outside my bedroom door,” he recalls. “I figured it was time to move before they ended up working on my bed!”</span></div></div><div style="border: 0px; color: black; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The spiral staircase that leads from the mezzanine to the rooftop was installed by the building’s architect, Basu John; an embroidered-velvet panel remains on its original embroidery frame, the Indian model of an English villa is 19th century, a 17th-century bronze oil lamp sits atop a 19th-century table, and the mirror is a Lesage design.(excerpt from Elledecor)</span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">His walls are mainly white, and the floors are a dark green slate from Rajasthan. There is also a certain sobriety in the choice of objects. </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">The majority of the furnishings he surrounds himself with were acquired in India. He avows a love of portraits, collects votive temple lamps from the 17th to 19th centuries, and has a host of statuettes offered as fertility gifts at religious festivals.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left;">Many acquisitions have interesting stories attached. An armchair in the living room originally belonged to the Madras high court, which transported itself to the mountains during the sweltering summer months. “It has screws everywhere so it can be completely dismantled,” he points out. Nearby are a pair of terracotta temple statues, bought from a wellborn antiques dealer who resisted social pressures to open her own gallery, since it is taboo in the state of Tamil Nadu for women from important families to have careers.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 26px; text-align: justify;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIBeL1BLx_gc2-NxiM7ngnFjQRuKfaCDAUSmEsWRj7G6cYq42t4K1epeJLb5XOqXYI1FYQ0RSHbEogXp3s6zzUdSZILwfdh4Z2_cccAQVPhbNvbLaGzuSDSnx493_Wd49bnFtEnFRZ1Y/s1600/8c265df3ba84d4f768c7df9735237c0e.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">In the courtyard, a wood cage holds Lesage’s cockatiel, Victor; the granite pillars and large-scale photograph of a Punjabi woman are both 19th century, and the Indian wood wall sculpture dates from the 18th century.</em><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnVVNxZ2tLVyyfyhg9Y-HPWqXPk8STVPeObSD2FehGAv2QjjAE5QpyBB6MVbf1reS1Q4RNNp6a8kTiBPhoybhjJCV4CSXtAQYFAU9toKeU1aM6hoQm3N_mKS-GVjFpjhQKMhg9Cw-3kY/s1600/Lesage05-7820845-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnVVNxZ2tLVyyfyhg9Y-HPWqXPk8STVPeObSD2FehGAv2QjjAE5QpyBB6MVbf1reS1Q4RNNp6a8kTiBPhoybhjJCV4CSXtAQYFAU9toKeU1aM6hoQm3N_mKS-GVjFpjhQKMhg9Cw-3kY/s1600/Lesage05-7820845-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">n another bedroom, the rosewood bed and wall behind it are covered with re-embroidered Indian textiles, and the 1960s lamps were designed for film shoots.</em><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJA8KpuXvjKbuGAcrtpgZpTRSprYIFu8U_njbecC6rNg3RsTvIZU2skyrj44Zhig5j_1fXsEtIquxgZTH43zr5IgYkp9rSxSbABYw7vf9943E1ZubbfCSyhjcly6qfwnpQuW33iFBxgs/s1600/Lesage06-24899369-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJA8KpuXvjKbuGAcrtpgZpTRSprYIFu8U_njbecC6rNg3RsTvIZU2skyrj44Zhig5j_1fXsEtIquxgZTH43zr5IgYkp9rSxSbABYw7vf9943E1ZubbfCSyhjcly6qfwnpQuW33iFBxgs/s1600/Lesage06-24899369-lgn.jpg" width="494" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;">An early-20th-century English table and a 1960s rosewood chair with a pillow embroidered with a pattern inspired by Jackson Pollock in a guest room; the photographs are by Sebastian Cortés, and the drawing is by Agathe de Bailliencourt.</em></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JWbpjIecvCjKzMdzsivkXjIjZtf36lK7OAtTF6mVZgbvX8zRCAEEJD4vcmLjuHi3GUizaEmDqT5nJQEUAI67FKxtoqpcZ3zDbNaTJzV-Mpzb-vtymaFL1awU-QKU6hln2VYeyNSIDIA/s1600/Lesage07-26920760-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JWbpjIecvCjKzMdzsivkXjIjZtf36lK7OAtTF6mVZgbvX8zRCAEEJD4vcmLjuHi3GUizaEmDqT5nJQEUAI67FKxtoqpcZ3zDbNaTJzV-Mpzb-vtymaFL1awU-QKU6hln2VYeyNSIDIA/s1600/Lesage07-26920760-lgn.jpg" width="526" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Indian Interior Magazines are always breathtaking and when they showcase Pure,Traditional,Artistic Indian Homes,it becomes all the more interesting and exciting for me .Imagine my home choc bloc with hard copies of magazines.Seeing them itself is an inspiration. Below are two homes one of the Ace Photographer, Raghurai's Artistic abode and then one designed by the architect Shri Benny Kuriakose. The houses which Mr Benny Kuriakose has designed have a place close to my heart coz they are very earthy and rustic,just the way I want my home to be..</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shashank Johri  takes us through a tour of photographer Raghu Rai's farm house near Delhi.A long view of the living room.Peacock feathers grouped  in a round vase instantly raw attention.A mix of wood and stone furniture with interesting jaali work on the window panes give the house an old world charm.The facade of the house appears like an ode to the stone age.At the same time,the house seems to gel well with the abundant greens outside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The dining area,the curvy background enhances the old world feel of the house.The theme of the house is neatly maintained in all rooms.The interiors are simple and rustic.Built from local stone mined from the Aravallis,it seems to rise out of the ground,blending in harmoniously with the landscape,almost asserting its rightful place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The Beautiful Mangalore tiled roofs just took my breath away.On a rainy day it must be so pretty to sit and watch the rain:)-This won him an award called Celebration of Architecture</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YfADA7uHv9AeXKL8Vf4UL48obZdZ34UY03G3u7FkC_By4NhmvuG-aM6Y_9K53klRx5a4ubZKgqKQAvoeYgqWCY5ZkgjEB0IwHRqEVBc7bkeY4zbJkkgWyxWeve1sWvOKBMW2sDmu5UQ/s320/IMG_0304.jpg" width="510" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5N9i3w7FzpQ-kHu8f7IXHqo2RLBokgWhgcdzFSy0nuYHH6OXTCd5j1L4Ccv1i8WA5SyOTeEkYxaXo-M6pmE_CyQG4La0lIIVULE6wpquZS2jLLZ1k7B7F3l9GGo8pD5djt17Va9XnkE/s1600/IMG_0316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5N9i3w7FzpQ-kHu8f7IXHqo2RLBokgWhgcdzFSy0nuYHH6OXTCd5j1L4Ccv1i8WA5SyOTeEkYxaXo-M6pmE_CyQG4La0lIIVULE6wpquZS2jLLZ1k7B7F3l9GGo8pD5djt17Va9XnkE/s320/IMG_0316.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">mexican tiles have been given skirting on the steps.The owners are avid collectors,so for furniture they didn't have problem ,they incorporated the old with the new ..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Beautiful Indian Abodes

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