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"Lord of the Manor\nWhen a British entrepreneur acquires a fully furnished ch\u00E2teau in France, designer Tino Zervudachi steps in to refresh its 16th-century rooms for the new chatelain\nThe 16th-century Ch\u00E2teau de Fontenay, which was decorated by Mlinaric, Henry &amp;amp; Zervudachi.\nThe main drive.\nFramed herbarium pages bring nature into the entrance hall.\nIn the television room, the overstuffed armchair and the Louis XV\u2013style berg\u00E8re are upholstered in a Charles Burger print and a Georges Le Manach chenille, respectively.\nA Claremont fabric covers matching sofas in the paneled living room. The curtains are of Ashoka linen by Robert Kime; slipcovered ottomans serve as cocktail tables.\nZervudachi converted the rustic library into a billiard room. On the walls are paintings by, from left, Hurvin Anderson, Anke Weyer, and Alejandra Icaza. The curtains are made of Algiers silk by Robert Kime, and Claremont's Toile Chevron stripe covers chairs and a bench; the kilim is from Galerie Triff.\nThe kitchen's neo-Gothic millwork was installed by the previous owners.\nA corridor is paved with encaustic tiles.\nThe pool is hidden behind hedges and flower beds.\nAn inventively rustic veranda stretches across the rear of the house\u2014its columns are made of tree trunks set on stone bases.\nA breakfast table on the gravel-covered veranda.\nA guest bedroom's curtains are made of Concini cotton by Georges Le Manach.\nA carved-wood chandelier adds an element of fantasy to a guest bath. The chair, upholstered in needlepoint, is Victorian.\nAn old-fashioned hot-water tank serves a claw-foot tub; the wallpaper, added by the previous owners, depicts neoclassical urns and statues.\nAntique Zuber wallpaper hangs in the Chambre aux Oiseaux.\nA lit \u00E0 la polonaise is the focal point of one bedroom.\nBerg\u00E8res are pulled up to a fireplace.\nThe Chambre Indienne is enlivened by a Madeleine Castaing print by Edmond Petit, available at Clarence House."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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