The Diane de Poitiers Suite

Diane de Poitiers Suite

At the Couvent des Capucines

Under the motionless gaze of a marble Diane, the light here is a tribute to serene beauty.

This suite, composed of a bedroom and a small sitting room, exudes the softness of a dreamed-of Renaissance: painted woodwork, floral fabrics, the discreet shine of brass and the murmur of stone.

The bedroom opens onto a large light-wood bed, guarded by the deep colors of the curtains and the silent scent of dried flowers.

The small sitting room, adorned with embroidered armchairs, invites conversation or reading: a refuge for the mind, an alcove for the heart.

In the powder room, travertine and copper echo each other, recalling the ancient baths where goddesses came to wash away the fatigue of the day.

Everything here evokes Diane de Poitiers, the free-spirited and learned woman, lover of the king and guardian of her own legend:

elegance without ostentation, restrained strength, an art of living that has endured through the centuries without ever going out of fashion.

When night falls, a halo of shadow and velvet envelops the room:

we think we hear, perhaps, the muffled footsteps of a lady from days gone by, or the rustle of a golden sheet under the moonlight.

And so the suite lives up to its name to perfection - a place of balance, grace and mystery, where time bows to beauty.

"Grace is even more beautiful than beauty."

- La Rochefoucauld, Maxime 124