Grand Salon

The Grand Salon is the largest room in the Bagatti Valsecchi home. To make it even more majestic—truly an official reception room—the two brothers planned the high ceiling with imposing wooden coffers decorated with gilded pinecones. An articulated system of lighting makes the room luminous in all its glory. The large central chandelier is aided by eight wall sconces and—in the corners—by four standing lamps. Initially run on gas, these lamps were immediately transformed for electricity when it became available in Milan. In fact, the Bagatti Valsecchi home is one of the first private homes to have electricity, just another expression of Fausto’s and Giuseppe’s fascination for the technological innovations and the most avant-garde inventions of their day.