“Café Pyramide” Restaurant - Louvre Museum

Located beneath Ieoh Ming Pei’s Pyramid, Café Pyramide is a contemporary bistro led by chef Vivien Durand, in collaboration with Alain Ducasse. A venue where World Heritage meets regional French cuisine—its interior design was entrusted to Studio Kokumi, which created a sleek, timeless space using Poiseul stone, wood, and natural linen.

Le Boudoir Tapissier’s work encompassed three distinct areas: upholstering the benches, installing the rod system, and hanging the drapes. Each presented its own technical challenges, all carried out within the demanding framework of a project at the Louvre Museum.

The Benches

Le Boudoir handled the complete upholstery of the room’s benches. Each seat was designed to meet the demands of a high-traffic restaurant: lasting comfort, structural strength, and upholstery resistant to heavy use. Each template was individually measured on-site, with the design developed in close coordination with Studio Kokumi to ensure consistency with the room’s architectural vocabulary—stone, wood, and linen.

The Curtain Rod System

Installing the curtain rod system for the Lin Perché curtains was one of the project’s technical challenges. The space, located beneath the Louvre Pyramid, presents specific structural constraints: stone surfaces, significant ceiling heights, and mounting points that required prior approval from the museum’s technical teams. Le Boudoir took charge of analyzing these constraints early on, selecting mounting systems suited to the existing supports, and the final installation—ensuring that the curtain rods blend into the background to let the fabric take center stage.

Coordination with Lin Perché began at this stage: understanding the fabric’s drape and weight constraints to jointly define mounting systems compatible with the desired aesthetic.

The drapes — a collaboration with Lin Perché

The drapes were crafted by Lin Perché and installed by Le Boudoir. Lin Perché is an artisan specializing in plant-based dyes—a unique approach that fully embodies the spirit of simplicity and ethical commitment sought by Studio Kokumi and chef Vivien Durand.

Their M1 fire rating—a mandatory regulatory requirement for all vertical textiles in a Type N public building (restaurant)—was secured through coordination between the two craftsmen prior to the project. This compliance phase was an integral part of the collaborative effort: working together to anticipate technical constraints so that the final result would be both compliant and faithful to the project’s aesthetic vision.

A Project at a Historic Site

Working at the Louvre Museum requires a rigorous protocol: designated access routes, restricted work hours, protection of adjacent spaces, and traceability of materials. Le Boudoir carried out the work outside the museum’s opening hours, with a team organized to minimize the impact on the site and surrounding activities.

This type of project—institutional, heritage-related, and on an occupied site—is precisely the kind for which the studio has developed its working methods. Discretion, precision, and the ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders are just as crucial here as the quality of the craftsmanship.

Client — Musiam Paris / Interior Design — Studio Kokumi / Textile Designer — Lin Perché