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F éau Boiseries, the Paris company founded in 1875 renowned for salvaging and replicating centuries-old wood paneling, opens its first U.S. showroom this month in New York City's D&D Building. The company's rich legacy includes one of the world's largest collections of antique decorative paneling housed in its Rive Droite ateliers — among them, fragments from Napoleon's office. From the Rive Droite to the D&D JACQUES PÉPION RODRIGO RIZE FÉAU BOISERIES ARCHIVE JACQUES PÉPION The archive contains pieces by legendary French designers Jansen and Emilio Terry and hundreds of samples created for Alberto Pinto, Madeleine Castaing, É m i l e - J a c q u e s Ruhlmann, and Jean- Michel Frank. Among the more storied elements are rooms made for Madame de Pompadour and a fantastical set of chinoiserie panels crafted for an 18th- century Parisian library. Over the years, Féau Boiseries has worked with leading interior designers such as Jacques Garcia, Jean- Louis Deniot, and Michael S. Smith. The company's gilded panels also graced the interiors of influential patrons and industrial titans Henry Frick, Henry Ford, and the Getty family. Now, under the direction of Guillaume Féau, a third-generation steward of the company, and his sister Angélique Féau-Leborgne, the firm is expanding its reach across the Atlantic. Chief operating officer Anthony Fournier has relocated to lead the New York showroom, along with Guillaume's son, Léopold Féau, who serves as sales assistant for the U.S. market. The expanded presence will make it easier for American designers, architects, and homeowners to access the company's extraordinary archives and explore its full offering of reproduction panels and moldings spanning the 17th century to the Art Deco era. Féau Boiseries, D&D Building, 979 Third Ave., New York City, feauboiseries.com/en. Féau Boiseries brings centuries of Parisian paneling — and a trove of design history — to its first American showroom. By Rebecca Sherman Elaborate hand-carved Etruscan-style rooms at Féau Boiseries in Paris Guillaume Féau's Paris home Féau Boiseries workshop, 1930s Féau Boiseries showroom in Paris 46