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La Bluette is a villa in Hermanville-sur-Mer by French architect Hector Guimard. It is one of the few remaining early works of Guimard and one of the few monuments of the Art Nouveau style in Calvados, Normandy.[1] It was built in 1899 for Prosper Grivelle, a Parisian lawyer.[2]
Location
editThe house is located at 272 Rue du Pré de l'Isle, in Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, a seaside hamlet of 3,100 (at the 2017 census) in north-western France.[2]
Description
editThe house is built from limestone, pebble and a wooden timber frame. The wooden parts are painted in blue.[1] The roof is crowned by a ceramic wave. The interior contains a large art nouveau staricase.[2]
Documents
editA plan of the ground floor by Guimard is in the Musée d'Orsay.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "La Bluette, Hermanville". archINFORM. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ a b c Base Mérimée: Maison dite la Bluette, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "Hermanville-sur-mer, 272 rue du Pré-de-L'Isle, La Bluette, propriété de M. Grivellé (bâtiment existant)". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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