PROFILE
“Putting on a pair of
cufflinks is a way of
polishing off your
outfit and looking
smart without being
stuffy”
Robert Tateossian
Top left: Two tone cufflinks, £65
Left: Rare Stone cufflinks with diamond
boards and rose gold setting, £11,625.
Right: Robert Tateossian in his garden
facing kitchen
An exotic Lebanese, Palestinian and Armenian interior design is a mix of pared down glamour
mix (he’s fluent in seven languages), Robert was with a few surprise touches, such as the
born in Kuwait and brought up in Italy, where he downstairs loo – the walls, floor and ceiling of
attended French schools in Rome. which are lined in metallic silver tiles.
“Growing up in Rome, I was surrounded by Art is another passion of Robert’s and much of
fashion and I always knew I wanted to be in that the artefacts in his house have been picked up
world,” he says. “I wasn’t quite sure in what from his travels across the globe, including a 19th
capacity, but I like a sense of the aesthetic, I like to Century gold leafed Burmese prayer book, now
be creative.” encased in perspex sheets.
A recent outlet for Robert’s creative streak is his “Travel is my inspiration for everything,” says
house in Chelsea, which for the last two years he Robert. “I love travel and I’ve travelled since I was
has been doing up with his partner – and creative a kid. Now it is a way of combining my personal
director of Robert Tateossian – Ariel Thompson. objectives and my business objectives. It works out
Viewed still as a work in progress, the house is very well.”
testament to the pair’s remarkable eye for detail Tateossian, 15 Duke of York Square.
and impeccable taste. As with Tateossian, the T: 020 7259 0777. www.tateossian.com
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