• Hubert Rohault de Fleury (architect)
• Hubert Rohault de Fleury (draughtsman)
• Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (architect)
• M. Rargot (client)
• M. Quitton (client)
• M. Le Trône (client)
• M. Abrial (client)

Album of drawings, mostly for French town and country houses, including some drawings for interiors and furniture, and one drawing for the Passage du saumon, Paris

early 19th century

- This album consists primarily of preliminary and design development drawings for diverse projects - mostly domestic - from the early years of Hubert Rohault de Fleury's career. Some of the fifteen more finished drawings in wash and watercolour are probably presentation drawings. Many of the drawings are inscribed with illegible or partially legible notations concerning the project's location, client, date and other particulars. There are seven drawings for a house on rue d'Aguesseau, Paris, probably the Rohault de Fleury family residence (DR1974:0002:035:002 - DR1974:OOO2:035:006 R/V) and several drawings for a house for Rohault de Fleury's uncle on rue Saint-Romain, Paris (DR1974:0002:035:012 V). Several drawings are after plates published in Durand's "Précis des Leçons d'architecture données à l'école Royale Polytechnique (1802-1805)": plans on drawings DR1974:0002:035:011 V, DR1974:0002:035:012 R are adapted from plate 25 and combined with façades designed by Rohault de Fleury, and drawing DR1974:0002:035:013 R is based on an engraving by Charles-Pierre-Joseph Normand (pl. 23) of Hôtel Lathuille in Paris which was designed by Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (1788). Perspective sketches and plans are included for the restoration of a château in Rocheux [?] for M. le Trône (DR1974:0002:035:017 R) and for the renovation for the house at Domaine de la Vallée (DR1974:0002:035:020). The drawing for a country villa was executed in 1804, while Rohault de Fleury was in Rome studying at the French Academy (DR1974:0002:035:021 R). The conceptual drawing of a small "orchestre" and the elevations of a gallery and portico gate are inscribed "Jardin du Frascati", and are perhaps travel sketches or projects executed while Rohault de Fleury was in Rome (DR1974:0002:035:032 V, DR1974:002:035:033 R, and DR1974:0002:035:034). Also included in the album are two plans for part of the Passage du saumon in Paris (DR1974:0002:035:014 R), a plan, elevation and section for a rustic pavilion for M. Abrial (DR1974:0002:035:024 V), a plan for a shepherd's house in St. Cueufin [?] (DR1974:0002:035:021 V), a house for M. Quitton in Paris (DR1974:0002:035:026 - DR1974:0002:035:027), a section, elevation and plan for a sheepfold (DR1974:0002:035:033 V) and a perspective for a rustic cabin (DR1974:0002:035:034). The album also contains a number of drawings for Empire-style interior design projects: interior wall elevations, furniture drawings, and plans, elevations and perspectives for a bed alcove.

• conceptual drawings
• design development drawings
• preliminary drawings
• presentation drawings (proposals)
• travel sketches

Manuscript in graphite on wove paper

album: 47 x 31 x 1 cm sheet (smallest): 10,9 x 10,8 cm sheet (largest): 35,4 x 44,3 cm folios (range): 46,9 to 47,2 x 29,5 to 30,9 cm

DR1974:0002:035:001-034

• line drawings
• finished drawings
• freehand drawings
• sketches

• perspective drawings
• pictorial drawings
• scale drawings
• plans (drawings)
• site plans
• sections (orthographic drawings)
• elevations (drawings)

• general views
• partial views
• exterior views
• interior views

- This album is bound with string and a sheet of roughly cut gray cardboard. All of the drawings are locally mounted on both the recto and verso of the album pages. A list of drawings, a note, and a sketch are inserted unbound between album pages DR1974:0002:035:033 and DR1974:0002:035:034.

inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:011 V and DR1974:0002:035:012 R, by the architect, in graphite, b.: "Le Maison de M. Durand la facade de moi [sic]" inscribed - on many of the drawings, by the draughtsman, in graphite or pen and black or red ink, throughout: with titles indicating the function of the rooms, dimensions, and space calculations dated and inscribed - on the cover, by an unknown hand, in graphite, c.r.: "Decrit le vers 1863 [sic]" inscribed - on the cover, by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, u.c.: with the album title dated and inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:002, DR1974:0002:035:003, DR1974:0002:035:004 V, DR1974:0002:035:005 R, and DR1974:0002:035:012 V, by unknown hands, in graphite or pen and brown ink, in various locations: with site locations and in some cases dates dated and inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:006 V, by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.l.: "ce doit du ... avant 1806" dated and inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:017 R, by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, b.: "Esquisses Sur projet de Restauration / pour le chateau de M. le trône à / Rocheux / avril 1806" dated and inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:021 R, by an unknown hand, in graphite, u.r.: "à Rome 1804" dated and inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:026, by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "M. de[?] M. quitton [?] / aout 1825" inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:013 R, by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "par M. Duran" inscribed - on DR1974:0002:035:028 R/V, by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, u.c.: "Van [?] de la prix des B[?] de l'amand [?]"; and in graphite, c.: "M. Duffer rue croix des petit champs [?] / ... / maison de hypothèque"

• architecture
• landscape architecture
• interior design

• houses
• cabinet (case furniture)
• villa
• furniture
• mantels
• Empire
• bookcases
• box beds
• country houses
• pavilion
• Empire furniture
• sheepfold
• cabin
• shepherd's house

Contains:

• DR1974:0002:035:001 R/V, List of drawings, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:004 R/V, Front elevation, site plan, and ground and first floor plans for a house and garden on rue d'Aguesseau, Paris; verso: Sketch plan for a house on rue d'Aguesseau, Paris, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:005 R/V, Plans for a house on rue d'Aguesseau, Paris; verso: Sketch elevation and plans for an unidentifed house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:006 R/V, Plans for an unidentified house and site plans for a house, possibly on rue d'Aguesseau; verso: Sketch plan for a house on rue d'Aguesseau, Paris, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:007 R/V, Sketch section and plans for unidentified houses; verso: Sketch plan for an unidentified house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:011 R/V, Ground, first and second floor plans for an unidentified house; verso: Front elevation and ground and first floor plans for a small three-storey townhouse, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:012 R/V, Front elevation and ground and first floor plans for a small two-storey town house; verso: Sketch elevation, site plan, and plans for a house and garden on rue Saint-Romain, Paris, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:013 R/V, Front elevation and ground and first floor plans of Hôtel Lathuille, Paris; verso: Plan for an unidentified house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:014 R/V, Ground and first floor plans for part of the Passage du saumon; verso: Sketch plan and elevation for a country house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:015 R/V, Elevations and ground floor plan for a country house; verso: Sketch plans for a country house(s), early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:016 R/V, Front elevation and ground and first floor plans for a country house; verso: Sketch front elevation and plans for a country house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:017 R/V, Conceptual drawing for the restoration of a château for M. le Trône; verso: Sketch elevation and plans for a country house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:018 R/V, Sketch elevation and plan for a country house; verso: Sketch elevation and plans for country houses, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:019 R/V, Sketch plans and elevations for country houses; verso: Sketch elevation and plans and for country houses, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:020 R/V, Sketch plans and elevations for country houses; verso: Perspective and plans for renovations for the house at Domaine de La Vallée, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:021 R/V, Site plan showing the ground floor, front elevation and longitudinal section for a villa; verso: Plan for a shepherd's house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:022 R/V, Elevation, site plan showing the ground floor, and plans for the "caves" and first floor for a country house and garden; verso: Plan of a country house garden, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:023 R/V, Site plan and elevations for a country house with a large garden; verso: Elevation and plans for a country house with a large garden, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:024 R/V, Site plan, plans, elevations for a country house with a large garden; verso: Plan, elevation and cross section for a rustic pavilion for M. Abrial, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:028 R/V, Plans for an unidentified house; verso: Drawing for an ornament detail or trophy, elevation, probably for a cabinet, and detail for the decoration of an interior wall, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:029 R/V, Interior wall elevations showing furniture; verso: Interior wall elevation showing a framed opening, possibly a bed alcove, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:030 R/V, Interior wall elevation with furniture; verso: Details for pilasters, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:031 R/V, Plan and interior wall elevation for a bed alcove; verso: Perspective and plan for a bed alcove, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:032 R/V, Plan and perspectives for a bed alcove; verso: Elevation of a grille of a portico, Jardin de Frascati, and detail of an entablature, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:033 R/V, Elevation of a gallery, Jardin de Frascati, and a detail of a pilaster capital; verso: Section, elevation and plan for a sheepfold, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:002, Front elevation, site plan, and plan for the first floor for a house and garden on rue d'Aguesseau, Paris, ca. 1806
• DR1974:0002:035:003, Section, plans and elevations for a house on rue d'Aguesseau, Paris, ca. 1806
• DR1974:0002:035:009, Ground and first floor sketch plans and elevation for an unidentified house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:010, Front elevation and plans for an unidentified house, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:026, First floor plan for a house at the corner of rue de la Blanche and rue Pigalle, Paris, August 1825
• DR1974:0002:035:008:001-002, Sketch elevation and plans for unidentified houses, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:025:001-002, Site plans and plans for a town house, Paris, early 19th century
• DR1974:0002:035:027:001-002, Elevation and ground floor plan for a house at the corner of rue de la Blanche and rue Pigalle, Paris, ca. 1825
• DR1974:0002:035:034:001-002, Conceptual drawing for a small "orchestre", Frascati; Perspective for a rustic cabin, early 19th century