“Almost everything has or is being or will be redone” Benton adds pointing to the furniture. Cap Moderne aims to raise up to $50000 with the French government matching donations dollar-for-dollar. The money will go towards refurnishing the villa’s dining alcove including a dining table with an in-built electric light and cork top designed to protect plates and glasses and a specially made lemon container (Menton lemons were once a regional specialty). Furthermore the association has its eyes on recreating Gray’s Non Conformist chair and a fold-able table within the dining alcove that opens up to turn the corridor into a bar.

“Left empty this is one of 100 important houses of the late Modern period” says Benton. “But the interior is one of [the
four most important modern interiors in the world. This why we are remaking the furniture with the same tools the same materials the same processes as the originals.”