Hôtel de la Marine

The ceiling of the loggia, with sculpted medallions

The Golden Gallery.

The Salon of Diplomats.

The Admirals’ Salon and the Hall of Honour.

The Hôtel de la Marine or   Hôtel du Garde-Meuble is an historic building on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

It was built between 1757 and 1774.

 

The Hôtel de la Marine was originally the home of the royal Garde-Meuble, the office managing the furnishing of all royal properties.

 

It display the restored 18th century apartments of Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville-d’Avray, the King’s Intendant of the Garde-Meuble, as well the salons and chambers later used by the French Navy.

Detail of ceiling decoration, Gilded Gallery.

Main staircase.

The Cabinet Doré, Office of the Intendant de Fontanieu. 

Cabinet des Galces.

Pierre-Élisabeth de Fontanieu’s bedroom. 

Bed chamber of Madame de Ville-d’Avray.

Tapestry in the salon of guests of Intendant.

Dining room of the Intendant Ville d’Avray

Bed chamber of the Intendant Ville-d’Avray.

Office of the Intendant Ville d’Avray.

Carrera marble and gilded Water fountain in entry of apartment of the Intendant.

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