Hôtel de Thellusson, Paris

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The Hôtel de Thellusson in Paris was an innovative and lavish late-18th-century private mansion, celebrated for its monumental entrance and neoclassical design by visionary architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf demolished building
hôtel particulier
architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux
architecturalMovement Neoclassicism
surface form: French Neoclassicism
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
client Marie-Jeanne Girardot de Vermenoux
completionDate 1779
constructionType masonry building
country France
demolitionDate 1826
depictedIn engravings by Daniel Ramée (after Ledoux)
genre urban aristocratic residence
hasArchitecturalFeature axial composition
colonnaded screen
sculptural ornament
symmetrical plan
hasPart central corps de logis
cour d'honneur
surface form: cour d’honneur

decorative ironwork gate
freestanding triumphal-arch-like entrance
garden
monumental entrance screen
pavilions
hasStyleCharacteristic geometric rigor
monumental urban façade
reduced ornament compared to Rococo
heritageStatus demolished
inception late 18th century
influencedBy classical antiquity
locatedIn 8th arrondissement of Paris NERFINISHED
Grands Boulevards area
surface form: Faubourg Montmartre area

Paris
namedAfter Madame de Thellusson
notableFor advanced neoclassical design
innovative entrance composition
lavish interior decoration
partOf Parisian hôtels particuliers tradition
patron Madame de Thellusson
period Ancien Régime
significantProjectOf Claude Nicolas Ledoux
startDate 1778
streetAddress Rue de Provence NERFINISHED
use private residence

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Claude Nicolas Ledoux notableWork Hôtel de Thellusson, Paris