A monumental textile work

The curtain of le19M Maisons d'art

At the Grand Palais, a monumental textile curtain celebrates the wealth of craftsmanship excellence, while sublimating the majesty of the glass roof. The fruit of an exceptional collaboration with le19M, CHANEL's Métiers d'art venue, this unprecedented ornamental creation can be seen all year round from the Place centrale.

A textile tribute to the architecture of the Grand Palais

Laboratory for excellence in fashion and decoration, le19M has brought together the expertise of all its resident Maisons d'art, under the artistic coordination of Studio MTX, a design studio and production workshop specializing in architectural embroidery.

The result is a 15-meter-high by 8-meter-wide creation composed of nine mobile panels suspended from the building's joists. Conceived as a partition between the Nave of the Grand Palais and its central space, this contemporary work stands out as a functional and poetic element, in direct dialogue with the architecture and history of the monument.

The work is monumental and fits into a space that is itself out of scale, almost immeasurable. It is a place where one spends one's time looking up at the glass and steel dome.

Mathieu Bassée, Artistic Director of Studio MTX

A frieze of excellence signed by le19M Maisons d'art

Each Maison d'art has worked on this common score, revealing its own signature and expertise.

Atelier Lognon: fancy accordion pleat crafted using an artisanal technique of excellence
Atelier Montex: raised needlework, glass tubes and pearls, geometric motif
Goossens: pale gold gilded brass pieces, textured and hammered by hand
Lemarié: feather marquetry forming a geometric, sculptural constellation
Lesage: cotton tweed "devoured" by Lunéville crochet embroidery
Maison Michel: subtle collage of felt, grosgrain and raffia
Massaro: hand-stitched notched leather strips inspired by English flowery tips
Paloma: Canadian smock and Italian smock combining delicate embroidery and textile ennoblement

Perles, aiguilles et broderie — Broderie à l'aiguille, Atelier Montex

2 personnes effectuant un plissé — Plissé accordéon, Atelier Lognon

Travail sur une pièce en laiton — Pièces en laiton doré or pâle, Goossens

Marqueterie de plumes Lemarié — Marqueterie de plumes / Lemarié

Détail d'une broderie — Broderie au crochet, Lesage

Détail de textiles — Collage de feutre, gros-grain et raphia, Maison Michel

Détail d'une bande de cuir — Bandes de cuir crantées, Massaro

Détail de mains travaillant sur un smock canadien — Smock canadien, Paloma

Un rideau de 15m de haut par 8 mètres de large

900 heures de conception

720 heures de travail au sein des Maisons

320 tubes habillés d’à-plats de feuille d’or

This major project marks an essential milestone for the19M. It is the first collective collaboration of our Maisons d'art on such a scale, and in a venue as iconic as the Grand Palais. Through this work, we reaffirm our deep attachment to culture and heritage, as well as our constant desire to promote Métiers d'art. We are committed to provide them new realms of expression and ensuring their excellence over time.

Bruno Pavlovsky, Président of CHANEL SAS and 19M

A curtain like a rain of light

The motif, made up of vertical rectangles, evokes a suspended rain, a delicate ballet of light drops. It naturally invites you to look up at the iconic Grand Palais glass roof. The chromatic palette is directly inspired by the architecture: the reseda green, signature of the metal structure, blends subtly into shades of white and deep blue, like a horizon in motion.