People:

Charles Rohault de Fleury (architect)
Charles Rohault de Fleury (draughtsman)
Monsieur Sauvage (client)

Title:

Album of transfer lithographs of contract drawings for Hôtel Sauvage, avenue des Champs-Elysées and rue de Chaillot, Paris

Date:

printed before 30 March 1861 or before 1 April 1861

Description:

- This album consists of transfer lithographed contract drawings - mainly plans, but also elevations, sections, and sectional elevations - for Hôtel Sauvage, Paris. The hôtel is U-shaped in plan with two pavilions connected by a monumental entrance hall and staircase which face a central "cours d'honneur". The hôtel's exterior has a rusticated "rez-de-chaussée", mansard roofs, and is embellished with classical features including arched and pedimented windows, pilasters, entablatures, and Corinthian columns. The sectional drawings show lavishly decorated interiors. The revisions and notations on the transfer lithographs of this album suggest that they were probably the architect's copy.

Form:
works of art

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Stage and Purpose:

contract drawings
technical drawings

Technique and media:

Transfer lithographs with pink and grey wash and revisions in graphite, on wove or laid paper

Dimensions:

album (approx.): 68.4 x 52.2 x 2.2 cm sheets (range; approx.): 67.1 to 68 x 49.5 to 106.6 cm

Reference number:

DR1974:0002:006:001-024

Drawing Type:

line drawings

Method of Projection:

floor plans
cross sections
longitudinal sections
elevations (drawings)
half elevations
sectional elevations
details
wall sections

Point of View:

general views
partial views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This album is bound in album boards covered with marbled paper and has a red leather spine stamped in gold with the title and decorations. All folios are bound into the album, with the exception of the three largest sheets - DR1974:0002:0006:001, DR1974:0002:0006:002, and DR1974:0006:0006:012 - which are folded in half and are attached to guards along the fold line. Reprographic copy DR1974:0002:0006:012 has a fold-out on the r. side.

Inscription:

signed, dated and inscribed - by the architect, in pen and brown ink, on the transfer lithographs, l.r.: "Rohault de Fleury"; and on DR1974:0002:006:002 and DR1974:0002:006:023, l.r.: "Paris, le 1 avril 1861" dated and inscribed - by the architect, on the originals, l.r.: "Paris, le 1 avril 1861" [the "1" has been inserted in pen and brown ink on 20 of the transfer lithographs, but not on DR1974:0002:006:004] dated - on DR1974:0002:0006:012, by an unknown hand, on the original, u.r.: "Paris, le 30 Mars 1861" imprinted - on the front endpaper, on the bookplate, u.l.: "DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUE / DE / ROHAULT DE FLEURY / MANUSCRITS" signed - by nine unknown hands, in pen and brown ink, on the transfer lithographs, l.c. or b.: with signatures, probably those of the contractors inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on most of the transfer lithographs, throughout: with dimensions, building parts, and annotations of changes and additions inscribed - by an unknown hand, on most of the originals, throughout: with title, dimensions, building parts, and street names

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal