英國倫敦博蒙特酒店
The Beaumont Hotel London England
www.thebeaumont.com/
倫敦博蒙特酒店
復蘇戰前梅菲爾的裝飾藝術風
杰里米金和克里斯科賓聯手創立的第一家酒店博蒙特棲身于一幢二級保護建筑中，建筑由20年代紅透半邊天的建筑師Wimperis & Simpson主理，落座倫敦梅菲爾腹地。酒店由倫敦知名的Corbin & King餐館旗下的著名Wolseley歐式餐館業主經營。內部靈感取材于其所在的建筑體及周邊環境，栩栩再現戰前梅菲爾的優雅魅力和個性化待客之道，還原了獨特豐富的當代美學。
酒店里，不時可見各色不同時期的古董物件四下布列，包括游戲機書柜牌桌吊燈臺燈和藝術品。從20世紀初到20世紀50年代中期跨度半個世紀的獨創藝術海報和照片等藏品量洋洋大觀。大部分的獨有古老家具物件和藝術品是業主杰里米金在Lauren Gurvich Vintage的贊助下，遍尋四方所獲。
安東尼戈姆雷創作的ROOM雕塑三層樓高，是一套套房的臥室，空間誘人而神秘，能啟發藝術家“雕刻黑暗”，并撩撥得眾人心潮澎湃，意欲逃離喧囂外界，來到這里獨自靜思冥想。ROOM既是以藝術家身軀為摹本構思的大型長方體雕塑，亦是酒店本身建筑的延伸。登完九級白色大理石臺階，撩開黑色天鵝絨窗簾，入目的是一間白色大理石浴室，色彩和擺設都對比鮮明，出得浴室，便進入完全以黑煙橡木裹覆的ROOM內部。毗鄰ROOM的起居室，配設寬廣走廊和浴室，正如博蒙特其他房間一樣，呈現出審慎的裝飾藝術風格。
公共區域飾有復古臺燈和燭臺藝術品；2030年代時期的藝術幾乎是公共區域的主角兒。無數只黑豹和老虎盤踞大理石或黑瑪瑙基座上，威風八面，不怒自威。黑檀木法國裝飾藝術書柜雞尾酒柜和飲料車都是精致到骨子里。臥室是黑白照片的天下。床頭上方，大幅全景照有著讓人瞠目結舌的功效，多數重現2030年代的團體或人群景象，如美國沙灘美女高中同學聚會或體育賽事，洋溢一種別開生面的熱鬧滋味。
博蒙特的羅斯?？偨y套房可以全方位打開，將5間臥室合并一起，恢宏大氣的場景，喚起人們對跨大西洋航班輝煌時代的追憶。起居室空間闊達；餐廳單獨另設，可容8人落座；套房還配有廚房餐具室和客用浴室。奶油漆板實木復合地板嚴冬送暖的壁爐，都叫人一眼掃過去便心下暗贊。寬大的露臺，俯視Brown Hart花園，自帶一種睥睨之姿。套房多功能劃分又超然舒適，酒店整個總統樓層可全部布置為套房，私密，安全。
美國酒吧的墻壁覆滿300多幅知名人士黑白照，他們就職各行各業，如戲劇文學電影音樂設計體育及媒體政治商貿；也有臭名昭著的人物混跡其間。20年代中期到50年代中期，這些嬉皮雅士頻頻到此，體味杯酒人生。
The Beaumont Hotel London
Resurrection Of Prewar Mayfair’s Art Deco
The Beaumont, Jeremy King and Chris Corbin’s first hotel, occupies a GradeII Listed building by famed 20s architects Wimperis & Simpson. It is located in the heart of London’s Mayfair. The interiors of the hotel, inspired by the building and its surroundings, encapsulate the elegance, glamour and personalised hospitality of prewar Mayfair, evoking in detail the uniquely rich aesthetics of the time.
There are many antique and vintage pieces sourced over a period of a few years scattered throughout the hotel, including consoles, credenzas, card tables, pendant lights, table lamps and objets d’art, as well as a huge collection of original art, posters and photographs, dating from the early 1900s to the mid 1950s. Most of the unique antique pieces of furniture and works of art were sourced by owner Jeremy King, supported by Lauren Gurvich Vintage.
Antony Gormley’s ROOM forms the bedroom of a single suite. An alluring, mysterious space, its creation allowed the artist to‘sculpt darkness’, encouraging its guests to enjoy a meditative moment of withdrawal from the busy world outside. Gormley’s ROOM is both a monumental cuboid sculpture based on the artist’s body and an architectural extension to the hotel. The interior, entirely clad in dark fumed oak, is approached by nine white marble steps through a black velvet curtain from a strongly contrasting white marble bathroom. Adjacent to ROOM is a sitting room with large hallway and bathroom, decorated, like all the rooms in The Beaumont, in a discreet Art Deco style.
The public areas are adorned with vintage lamps and sconces, objets d’art, and art from the 1920s and 1930s predominantly. There are numerous panthers and tigers in bronze on marble or onyx bases; French Art Deco credenzas in Macassar ebony; cocktail cabinets and drinks carts. The bedrooms feature black & white photographs, with notable large panoramas above the beds, mostly depicting group and crowd scenes from the 20s and 30s, whether of American beach belles, High School reunions or sporting events.
The Beaumont’s presidential suite, which can be opened up to incorporate five bedrooms, evokes the glamorous era of the great Transatlantic liners. With an expansive sitting room and a separate dining room seating eight, plus a pantry kitchen and guest bathroom, it features cream lacquer panelling, parquet flooring, a working fireplace and a large terrace overlooking Brown Hart Gardens. Hugely versatile and supremely comfortable, the suite can also be arranged to incorporate the entire presidential floor of the hotel, in total privacy and security.
The walls of the American Bar are entirely covered by over 300 black & white photographs of prominent public figures from the fields of the theatre, literature, cinema, music, design, sports, as well as the media, politics, business and commerce, and notorious society figures, who all might have frequented the establishment from the midTwenties to the midFifties.
