Antoine Pierini’s Mediterranean dream

How not to be divinely inspired by the neo-antique setting of the famous Villa Kerylos from Beaulieu-sur-Mer? The exercise consists in investing the entire space of this emblematic residence built for the archaeologist and patron Théodore Reinach by the architect Emmanuel Pontremoli, between 1902 and 1908, on the model of the noble houses of the island of Delos. You have to impose your signature while remaining in harmony with the place. A challenge that Antoine Pierini, master glassmaker in Biot, took up this year. At the invitation of the Center des Monuments Nationaux (responsible for the management of the villa), he succeeds designer Hubert Le Gall, who, last year, brought his creations into a superb dialogue with the furniture and objects in all the rooms. servants. Up to the peristyle surrounded by columns and the terrace overlooking the bay of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

Antoine Pierini has chosen to show glass in all its facets, with one theme in mind: the great Mediterranean heritage and its Greco-Roman culture…