{"id":2289,"date":"2020-07-06T21:50:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T20:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2024-07-09T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T14:59:44","slug":"marrakech-villa-makassar-an-art-deco-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universvoyage.com\/en\/marrakech-villa-makassar-un-palais-art-deco\/","title":{"rendered":"Marrakech - Villa Makassar, an Art-Deco palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
An exceptional guest palace adjoining the Royal Palace in Marrakech, Villa Makassar is a double riad entirely designed and furnished in the art deco style of the 1920s and 1930s. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. The riad's roof top overlooks the medina's kasba and houses the restaurant.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Luxurious and precious without being snobbish, enchanting and warm thanks to a particularly attentive personal welcome, Villa Makassar is a place to discover one of the major artistic movements of the last century.
Villa Makassar, named after the precious wood macassar, which was widely used in the 1920s, is the culmination of a passion for decorative art. Patiently restored over five years, the villa reflects the contributions of the Austrian schools (Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte<\/em>), German (Bauhaus<\/em>), French, Dutch (De Stijl<\/em>), Russian (Wuthemas<\/em>), Hungarian, Czechoslovakian, Romanian and even American. As much as a guest palace, it's a museum to experience, adorned with unique pieces sourced from the four corners of the world or reproduced to perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. Interior patio of the riad and its fountain in the centre of a mosaic carpet from the Austrian school in Vienna.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
As soon as you enter, the tone is set: the place is spacious, majestic, ordered in the symmetry so dear to the art of decoration. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. The door on the street, carved in cedar and mahogany, opens onto a long corridor of mysterious darkness at the end of which stands a bronze statue.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Vintage vases, macassar ebony consoles, sandblasted glass hanging, Francis Jourdain armchairs, plaster friezes sculpted with art deco motifs: here we see a style from the last century gracefully blended with the charms of Moorish art.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. Art Deco staircase banister.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Playing with light, you then enter a brighter reception area, furnished in macassar ebony and shagreen. From here, you enter a first patio punctuated by sixteen columns and paved with Sinai stone imported from Cairo. In the centre, a floor fountain in marble mosaics reproduces a motif from the Vienna School.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. An Art Deco driveway surrounds the palace and leads to the outdoor swimming pool.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Illuminated by Coco Chanel-style parchment lights and hollowed out by a bhou (alcove) furnished with a Ruhlmann bench, this patio leads to two lounges and a dining room. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. The riad's dining room.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
The first lounge, dedicated to the pleasures of reading and listening to music thanks to a BO sound system, is inspired by the Bauhaus style and pays homage to the onyx work of Mies Van Der Rohe. The furniture in shagreen and rosewood features replicas of sculptures by Gustave Miklos and Joseph Csaky of the Hungarian school. On the floor, inlaid with black marble, is a rug based on a design by Betty Jo\u00ebl, an English designer of the 1920s. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. On either side of the fireplace, armchairs by Le Corbusier, lit by Jean Perzel sconces, look down on the salon's emblematic figure: the Maharadja of Indore, here reproduced from a painting by Bernard Boutet de Monvel.<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. Opposite the \"Maharadja of Indore\" lounge, a second lounge, named Winston Churchill, with its VIP feel and faqra brickwork, welcomes cognac and cigar aficionados. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The dining room, still paved with Sinai stone, features an onyx wall panel, restored Mamounia chairs, an art-deco china cabinet from Vietnam and copies of Chiparus statuettes. Surrounded by bay windows, it opens onto the two patios and the generous, family-style kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. Maharadja of Indore reading room.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Villa Makassar has ten bedrooms. All have been designed in collaboration with ma\u00e2llems <\/em>We've put together a collection of works by local master craftsmen, based around one or more masterpieces of decorative art. No two are alike. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nVilla Makassar. Marrakech. Decoration of the Ruhlmann bedroom.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
On the first floor, the Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann room is particularly well designed, the result of the work of a professional and a purist. An aesthete's delight, down to the smallest detail. <\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. Piet Mondrian room.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. Room in the Rousseau luxury suite.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. The bathrooms in each room feature exceptional Italian fittings and washbasins, each different from the next.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Enclosed by antique handles sourced in Berlin and lit by period wall lights, the bathrooms house a host of rare and precious objects in their niches, in keeping with the decorative theme of the rooms. A privileged location in the heart of the medina, just a 10-minute walk from Marrakech's Jama\u00e2 El Fna square.<\/p>\n\n\n
\nMarrakech. Villa Makassar. After the hammam, the pool invites you to cool off.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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