Maison Jansen 

La Maison Jansen is an interior decoration house located in Paris. It was founded in 1880 by the Dutch Jean-Henri Jansen and continued its activities until 1989. Jansen House is considered the first global design firm to have made its name a brand, offering its services in Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East.

From its beginn...

La Maison Jansen is an interior decoration house located in Paris. It was founded in 1880 by the Dutch Jean-Henri Jansen and continued its activities until 1989. Jansen House is considered the first global design firm to have made its name a brand, offering its services in Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East.

From its beginnings, Maison Jansen has combined traditional furnishings with new trends inspired by the Anglo-Japanese style, the Arts & Crafts movement and the Turkish style. The company paid particular attention to historical research in which it tried to match the wishes of its customers for comfortable and convenient spaces. In ten years the firm had become one of the biggest buyers of antiquities in Europe and by 1890 it had created an antique gallery as a separate company which acquired and sold items to Jansen House customers and even to its competitors.

In the early 1920s, Jean-Henri Jansen approached Stéphane Boudin, who was then working in the field of textile decoration, a company run by his father Alexandre Boudin; Stéphane Boudin was hired and brought cash to the House. Boudin's attention to details and historical precision, his ability to create theatrical and striking spaces gave a new impetus to the firm. Boudin became its director and participated in its development.

The JANSEN house closed in 1989.