Long before he thought to open this game, CTAP had sent me some pictures of Alexander Villa, built by the architect Le Touquet F. Gombeau in 1911. Once again, here we are in a charming seaside neighborhood - but not quite at the beach - where picturesque houses and dainty remind us happy Mers-les-Bains, Cabourg and Dunkirk. According to information provided
the site of the city, the house was built in 1900 and would Gombeau that the "modernization", in collaboration with local entrepreneurs, the brothers Pentier.
The result is very original angle with the St. Joseph-Duboc was adorned with a tower suspended from the second floor. It is unclear what could be like the culmination of this singular element in 1911, but we doubt it will be completed in a manner as commonplace. Alas, it is easy to see that building is not in a state of the most satisfactory and it bears heavily upon him the weight of years. But the current bindings of the tower appear to announce the restoration. We are already taking time to see the final result!
Once the renovated house, then we can fully appreciate the complexity of his attractive volume, projection of balconies or the presence of beautiful windows in the roof. But it certainly
decor ceramic particularly attracted the attention, and can attach this charming villa in the world of Art Nouveau in 1913, architects were moving gradually toward a more refined style that would triumph at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in 1925 (hence its name, or Art Deco style "1925"). On the famous tower, crabs, shellfish and aquatic plants in very naturally decorate the windows, the basement and the thick band of the last level.
The color range is mainly green, but a few touches of yellow or brown nicely highlight each pattern. If near the sea, this iconography is not surprising and it may even appear to be relatively expected. It will nevertheless be far more surprised by the odd plank pine branches, girdling strongly the two sides below the level of the roof. The reason has nothing seaside course. But he seems to have been quite familiar to Gombeau architect rare that we do not find other works in Paris, and mainly in the small street Guyton de Morveau in the thirteenth arrondissement.
And at No. 25, there are in fact a plank of pine cones quite similar, although a slightly different design. I do not venture here in attempting to place these sets of sandstone or Bigot Alexandre Gentil and Bourdet: experience has shown me that it was difficult to do immediately, the division between these two companies ... If I could learn a little more, I will not fail to add information.
Soon, I will talk willingly Gombeau and rue Guyton de Morveau, where we provided a nice surprise on another building which he also wrote.
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