Where the disorder is any order

Written by Redazione

It was March 1960 when the number 113 out of the magazine "NEW '" with the presentation of new autumn / winter collections of Rome, Florence and Paris. On pages 54, 56, 57 were presented three models of Patrick de Barentzen, a young tailor in Rome, in an innovative manner, approached the checkered tweed or tartan taffeta to silk, creating an undeniably new and original effect, a suit by wear in the morning for shopping and be transformed into a sophisticated and elegant garments for the evening. Innovations in fashion, expression d 'art, photographed in a linked object d' art of the past in a way that is a little 'citadel' s art.

Where life is hidden in the secret labyrinths of stairs, with the green courtyards, terraces covered in wisteria from among the oleanders and fig trees that hide antiquities scattered 'anywhere in a picturesque disorder, creating an oasis of peace and dreamy silence conducive to the work of artists. Photos of the service had been shot at number 58 of via Margutta in the antique shop owned by Mrs. Anna Pepe.

Today, his granddaughter, Laura Pepe (President of the Association of Dealers via Margutta), continues for more than thirty years 'in the same business, and with passion, he tells us: "It' a family tradition, my grandfather was antiquarian, so well my father and his sisters

I have always breathed this taste for 'old, for objects and furniture that have a history, whose design or decor or color goes back to a particular era or period of history fascinates me about this research and I always curious to know the origin objects and all they tell us through their processing, the material they are made, the details that embellish them. I have a fondness for furniture Tyrolean paintings which bring me back to 'my other great passion: the mountain, its sky, its forests, its silences.

I believe that the 'atmosphere in this way, different from all other roads of Rome, is a little' as that which is found in a mountain path, where at every step discover the beauty of nature. So, for me, a walk in the street Margutta is always a rediscovery of shops, galleries, artisans and artists' studios. The naturalness of this road, which needs no embellishment studied, able to express herself 's profound intimacy that develops between those who first came into contact with her and he remains fascinated. This road is like dreams, is a place where "disorder" becomes "open order".