By Jack Man, CNN
(CNN)— A Paris condo owned by the late dressmaker Karl Lagerfeld has bought for 10 million euros ($10.eight million).
The futuristic abode, which sits alongside the Seine River in central Paris with views of the Louvre, was auctioned Tuesday morning, in response to actual property dealer Groupe Althémis, which bought the property.
Situated on Quai Voltaire within the metropolis's seventh arrondissement, the three-bedroom, 260-square-meter (2,800-square-foot) third-floor condo bought for nearly double its checklist value of €5.three million ( 5.7 million ).
Though it’s positioned in a constructing relationship again to the 17th century, the condo stands out for its ultra-modern design.
The itemizing described the condo's “edgy type” and “clear, natural strains,” and accompanying photographs present spacious, well-lit rooms with polished grey flooring.
A big room is lined with a sequence of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and there’s a spacious dressing room, as you’ll count on within the residence of one of the vital well-known names in trend.
Finest often called the artistic director of Chanel, a place he held from 1983 till his demise in 2019, Lagerfeld was additionally well-known for his luxurious houses.
The total extent of this tirelessly curated “excessive luxurious” is revealed within the guide “Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Homes,” which was printed in January.
That includes hardly ever seen pictures of 13 of Lagerfeld's European properties (spanning Paris, Monte Carlo, Rome, Hamburg and extra), the guide reveals a lesser-known aspect of the designer and gives perception into his sense of fashion in the case of inside design. .
Lagerfeld's tastes modified from one property to a different, in response to trend author Patrick Mauriès, who wrote the guide's introduction.
“It was at all times altering from one environment to a different, from vintage interiors to ultra-modern interiors,” Mauriès mentioned of Lagerfeld's design aesthetic, having visited a lot of his properties over time, notably these in Paris.
“It’s a singularity within the sense that there isn’t a unity in its sort of ornament.”
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CNN's Suyin Haynes contributed to this report.