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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Megan Slack

Wallis Simpson's French Riviera Suite Is a Study in Vibrant Art Deco Glamour inside a Converted 1920s Hotel

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor.

It’s hard to imagine a property that captures the high-society glamour of the French Riviera quite like Villa Jardin. And actually, if there is another estate on the Cap d'Antibes that rivals its pedigree, it almost certainly won’t look this chic.

The residence, located inside Le Provençal, once served as the home of the Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, while she and the Duke were house-hunting on the French Riviera in 1938. They stayed in this suite at what was then the Hôtel Provençal. They were guests of the hotel's owner, socialite Florence Gould.

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