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BY PIERRE CONTANT D'IVRY FOR THE PRINCE OF CONTI - Acquired by King Louis XVI for the Count of Provence, his brother - Delightful and elegant château and its architectural park, 30 km from Paris, ÃŽle-de-France region. In a park that is both sumptuous and dreamlike, this château, with its particularly elegant classical architecture, combines the allure of a country pleasure residence belonging to one of the most powerful and prominent figures in 18th-century artistic life with the close proximity of Paris. Acquired in 1746 by Prince Louis-François de Boubon-Conti (1714-1776), this château underwent sumptuous renovations attributable to Pierre Contant d'Ivry (1698-1777), architect to the king, member of the Académie Française, and architect to the Prince of Conti and the Duke of Orléans. In a remarkable stonework, on a main building with four bays framing a wide double arched door framed by pilasters with ribs under a pediment and broken attics, long the subject of divergent attributions to Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Jean Aubert, or Germain Boffrand; Pierre Contant d'Ivry added two graceful pavilions with cut sides to the north and south, on a sloped base with ribs, of which only one remains. At the junction of the pavilion and the main building, offering an amusing play of levels on the corner steps, two arched doors, one nestled in a concave curve, the other highlighted by ribs. The most delightful feature of the surviving pavilion is the cut-off corners, which create a play of recesses that are happily reflected in the cornice. This is a typical detail of Pierre Contant d'Ivry's work, which we find in several of his works: the Abbey of Panthémont, facade of the central pavilion (1745-1747); the Château de la Gayté (now missing), on the Butte de Brosse, in the Parc de Saint-Cloud, for the Duke of Chartres, grandson of the Regent, husband of Louise-Henriette de Conti (1744); the Palais Royal, pavilion on the Cour des Fontaines, now the Rue de Valois, for the Duke of Orléans (1749); or the Chamarande auditorium for the Marquis de Talaru (1739-1742). The combination of classicism in the pavilion's façade, centered around a large semicircular arched window with a keystone arch framed by pilasters beneath a pediment, and rococo style in the fretted splays framing the arched doorway of the basement on the canted slope, is once again characteristic of Pierre Contant Ivry's measured approach to the intersection of classicism and rococo, which Dezallier d'Argenville praised for its "beautiful and wise proportions," combining sublime tradition with novelty. Inside, on the ground floor, there is an entrance hall with a beautifully curved staircase with wrought iron railings, a living room adorned with "symmetrical rococo" woodwork and Versailles flooring, a porcelain cabinet with a canted slope on a beautiful coffered floor in precious wood marquetry, a large living room awaiting restoration, an oval music room, and an alcove bedroom awaiting restoration. A photograph of the now-lost woodwork in these rooms would suggest a comparison with that created by Contant d'Ivry at the Palais Royal. On the first floor, there is a hall, kitchen, a dining room adorned with woodwork, a small living room adorned with woodwork, a corner cupboard, and a beautiful south-facing floor. There are two bedrooms in good condition, two bedrooms to be restored, a small maid's bedroom, a bathroom, a toilet, and a hallway with a beautiful oak floor. The kitchens are on the courtyard level, facing east, and on the garden level, facing south and west. The hall is decorated with Art Deco mosaic tiles on the garden level, facing south. The very large kitchen of approximately 130 m² is decorated with terracotta tiles, featuring a vegetable garden, a fireplace with a beautiful beam and joist slab, two rooms with mosaic tiles, a pantry, a cold room, a butler's shop, a bottle cellar, a latrine, a drainage system, and a second level of vaulted cellars. Numerous charming period features, including beautiful wrought and gilded iron railings and windows with wrought iron cremone bolts. The names Mansart de Sagonne (1711-1778) and Pierre Fontaine père (1735-1807) have been suggested based on archival documents, but without tangible stylistic elements. Mid-19th-century outbuildings in the neoclassical style, with simple rustication and latticework panels, facing south and largely opened by a series of French doors, converted on the ground floor into a reception room for approximately 150 people seated, approximately 200m² of floor space, with high ceilings. Meets accessibility standards. On the first floor, kitchen, living room, two bedrooms, four rooms to be restored, a bathroom, ground-level access, landing. Attic. Very beautiful chapel with a 15th-16th century nave and an 18th century facade also attributable to Pierre Contant d'Ivry by its large semicircular arch covering the rose window and the arched door, an arrangement that we find in the large porch of the stables of the Château de Bizy, built

Bedrooms : 10
Furnishing : Unfurnished
Plot size : 04 ha
Location : Paris 75000
Reference : VM396