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Ottomane, mahagony with maple intarsia, Berlin 1825. Covering in pompejian red moiré.

2.
White glazed tiles, each with one of a number of different plant details screenprinted onin warm red. The engravings of the plant details reproduced, were chosen according toa list of flowers discovered by french missionary and botanist Jean-André Soulié in theregions of southern China and Tibet in the late 19th century, from the archive of theMusée National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris: Aconitum souliei, Inflorescence portionLilium souliei, outer and inner tepel / Anemone coelestina var. souliei, flowering plantRosa soulieana, fruit / Aconitum souliei, cauline leaf / Anemone coelestina, basal leafAnemone coelestina, carpel / Luzula rufescens, flowering plantAnconitum souliei, upper cauline leaf / Anemone coelestina, basal leafAnemone coelestina, flowering plant / Rosa soulieana, fruiting branchLilium souliei, distal portion of flowering plant / Nepeta souliei, flowering plantRosa soulieana, flowering branch / Cerasus fruticosa, fruiting branchCerasus tomentosa var. souliei, fruiting branch.

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White ceramic bidet with chrome bidet battery.

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Painting from an unknown Vietnamese artist depicting the martyrdom of Jean-CharlesCornay, who was cut into pieces on 20 September 1837, entitled “Martyre du BienheureuxCharles Cornay, M.E.P., coupé en morceaux au Tonkin, le 20 Septembre 1837” from thecollection of the Missions-Étrangères, Paris, screenprinted on shower curtain made of silk chiffon.

* A bathroom imagined in consultation with architect Etienne Descloux PE-P