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Manoir du Clap. A distinctive feature of Normandy is the abundance of castles and manors to be found throughout the region. This area of France was significantly influenced by the presence of English administration and military forces before and during the Hundred Years' War.
After completing his training at the École Boulle and the École Camondo, Grange made a career as a decorator in France and abroad from the 1970s.His main customers included Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, for whom he decorated the Château Gabriel, in Benerville-sur-Mer.
Jacques Garcia, (born 25 September 1947) is a French architect, [1] interior designer and garden designer, best known for his contemporary interiors of Paris hotels and restaurants. He is the current owner of the Château du Champ-de-Bataille , a Baroque château lying between the communes of Neubourg and Sainte-Opportune-du-Bosc .
Homes found in Normandy, France are examples of the style. [2] The first homes to be designed in the style were manor houses. [3] French nobles built chateaus or manor houses with steep hipped roofs and an overall formal appearance. [4] Architectural journals also refer to the style as French Eclectic architecture. [5]
The French Normandy style is distinguished by a round stone tower topped by a cone-shaped roof. The tower is usually placed near the centre, serving as the entrance to the home. French Normandy and French provincial details are often combined to create a style simply called French Country or French Rural carved or embossed on mouldings ...
The Chateau du Molay was built on the northwest side of town about two and a half centuries ago [when?] in 45 acres of wooded grounds.. In 1758, a young Jacques-Jean le Coulteux du Molay (1740–1823), and his wife Geneviéve –Sophie le Coulteux de la Noraye (painted below in 1788); built the chateau, his first large residence, in the heart of Normandy's woodland countryside, close to Rouen ...
Maison Jansen (French: [mɛzɔ̃ ʒɑ̃sɑ̃]; English: House of Jansen) was a Paris-based interior decoration office founded in 1880 by Dutch-born Jean-Henri Jansen. Jansen is considered the first truly global design firm, serving clients in Europe, Latin America, North America and the Middle East. This House was located at 23, rue de l ...
The somewhat battered and denuded Château de Gaillon, begun in 1502 on ancient foundations [1] was the summer archiepiscopal residence of Georges d'Amboise, Cardinal Archbishop of Rouen; he made of the old château-fort a palatial Early Renaissance structure of unparalleled luxury and magnificence, the most ambitious and significant French ...