People:

Hubert Rohault de Fleury (draughtsman)
Louis de Lorgeril (client)
Hubert Rohault de Fleury (architect)
M. Le Dhuy (client)
Louis de Lorgeril (correspondence writer)

Title:

Album of drawings and manuscripts, mostly for a château for M. de Lorgeril and for renovations for a house for M. le Dhuy, France

Date:

drawings executed between 1802 and 1833, manuscripts between 1802 and 1821

Description:

- This album consists mostly of preliminary, design development and presentation drawings - plans, sections and elevations - for a château for M. de Lorgeril at Motte Beaumanoir, Brittany, and for renovations for a house for M. le Dhuy, perhaps in Paris. These buildings are in an austere classical style with minimal ornament and in some cases, Doric columns. Structural drawings, details of architectural elements, and coloured elevations for the Empire style interiors are included for both projects, as well as drawings for Empire style furniture for M. le Dhuy. A perspective and plan for a sepulchral chapel for the de Lorgeril family (DR1974:0002:007:030) are also included. The album contains several documents: notes by Rohault de Fleury, mostly illegible, which probably concern project(s) for M. de Lorgeril; detailed cost estimates for two country houses and a pavilion, possibly variant schemes for a single project; and letters to Hubert Rohault de Fleury from M. de Lorgeril concerning plans by the latter for an apartment house in Rennes (rue de la Poissonière and rue Beaumanoir) which he sent to Rohault de Fleury for his criticism and correction. M. de Lorgeril also sought Rohault de Fleury's advice on the municipal affairs of Rennes. There are five unidentified drawings, possibly for a hôtel for the de Lorgeril family in Rennes (DR1974:0002:007:037 - DR1974:0002:007:036). Four drawings for an unidentified country house may possibly be for a project of 1811 for a M. des Dederseul (name only partially legible), if the inscriptions on the page preceding them in the album are related to these drawings (DR1974:0002:007:037 - DR1974:0002:007:040). Also included in the album is a lot plan, inscribed with the names fo the owners, for property adjacent to rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris (DR1974:0002:007:048).

Form:
drawings
textual records

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Stage and Purpose:

design development drawings
preliminary drawings
presentation drawings (proposals)
detail drawings
structural drawings

Technique and media:

Manuscripts include pen and brown or black ink, some with graphite, on laid paper

Dimensions:

album: 61,3 x 45,8 x 2,2 cm sheet (smallest): 6,7 x 8,4 cm sheet (largest): 79,4 x 49,9 cm folio (smallest): 33 x 19,2 cm folio (largest): 43,5 x 62,5 cm

Reference number:

DR1974:0002:007:001-068

Drawing Type:

line drawings
finished drawings
freehand drawings
sketches

Document Type:

correspondence
notes
specifications
financial records

Method of Projection:

perspective drawing
axonometric drawings
pictorial drawings
scale drawings
plans (drawings)
site plans
sections (orthographic drawings)
elevations (drawings)

Point of View:

general views
partial views
exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- This album is bound between album boards covered with marbled paper and a blue cloth spine stamped in gold with the title and several decorative bands. Most of the drawings are inserted into the album on guards or mounted on album pages. Some drawings are bound directly into the album. Three drawings are laid down on sheets and inserted into the album on guards. Most of the documents, including two booklets bound with string, are inserted into the album on guards.

Inscription:

inscribed, dated, and signed - on DR1974:0002:007:009 - DR1974:0002:007:011, by the correspondent, in pen and brown ink, u.r.: with place names [Motte Beaumanoir or Rennes] and dates; and verso, l.r.: "Louis De Lorgeril" inscribed - on most drawings, by the draughtsman, in pen and black or brown ink, in various locations: with titles; and on some of the drawings: with notes concerning construction and materials or dimensions dated - on many of the drawings, by an unknown hand[s], in graphite, usually l.r.: with dates dated and inscribed - on the front flyleaf, by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "vu 30 mars 1863" dated and inscribed - on many of the drawings for M. Lorgeril, by an unknown hand, in pen and brown or red ink, usually b., the following on DR1974:0002:007:029 being typical: "envoyé à la Motte Beaumanoir / le 15 janvier 1806" dated and inscribed - on DR1974:0002:007:047, by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "Maison de M Le dhuy / ... faits vers 1803 avant / le voyage en Italie [?]" inscribed - on DR1974:0002:007:065, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.c.: "M. Sebabas [?] Ebeniste rue f. antoine 227" inscribed - on DR1974:0002:007:048, by the draughtsman, in pen and brown ink, throughout: with names of nine property owners dated and inscribed - on leaf between DR1974:0002:007:036 and DR1974:0002:007:037, by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "M des[?] Deserseul[?] / 1811" inscribed - on DR1974:0002:007:023, DR1974:0002:007:049, DR1974:0002:007:053, DR1974:0002:007:054 and DR1974:0002:007:057, by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink or graphite, throughout: with titles indicating the functions of the rooms

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

apartment house
beds (furniture)
hôtels (town houses)
mantel
country houses
console table
Empire furniture
fall-front desk
lit à l'antique

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