Thoumieux by India Mahdavi: A Parisian Dining Room Between Country House and Cinema
Thoumieux in Paris’s seventh arrondissement is a hospitality interior by India Mahdavi that combines the intimacy of a private home with the social life of a restaurant and hotel. The official studio portfolio places the project in 2013, while contemporary coverage also documents the first renovation and openings around 2010–2011. The design should therefore be understood as part of the venue’s earlier transformation, not a claim about every subsequent refurbishment.
Conceived for chef Jean-François Piège, the dining room was intended to feel like a personal invitation rather than an anonymous gastronomic destination. Mahdavi and the graphic studio M/M (Paris) combined references to mid-century French life, country-house warmth and the cinematic atmospheres of Claude Chabrol and Claude Sautet.
Materials and colour provide intimacy. Curved sofas, soft patterned coverings, vivid cushions and carefully chosen furniture coexist with warm wood, brass and pale walls. The hotel rooms extend this language with floral wallpapers, upholstered headboards and contrasting textiles, creating individually characterful places for short stays.
Architectural details were made in collaboration with specialist makers. The French metalwork studio Maison Pouenat documents a custom brass claustra designed by Mahdavi for Hôtel Thoumieux. Its openwork geometry creates an ornamental boundary without cutting the flow of light and conversation.
The five images here document the earlier Thoumieux interiors from published project and hotel sources. India Mahdavi’s portfolio collectively credits photographers Vincent Leroux and Derek Hudson, but the publishing pages used for this selection do not verify individual authorship for each photograph. Each image therefore carries its exact originating publication rather than an invented photographer credit.
Thoumieux — project and photo credits
Project: Hôtel and Restaurant Thoumieux, Paris, interior design India Mahdavi with M/M (Paris), for Jean-François Piège; official studio portfolio year 2013. Official project source: https://india-mahdavi.com/en/projects/interiors/34-thoumieux . The studio jointly credits Vincent Leroux and Derek Hudson; individual image authorship has not been verified for this five-photo selection. Exact publishing sources are given beside the photographs.
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