62 Queen's Road (Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine) 30 avenue Marceau 
When I became interested in Art Nouveau, I lived in Boulogne-Billancourt. At the time, we hardly spoke style from 1925, which became, thanks to very commendable goodwill and publishing wise course, the main reason for visiting the city on an architectural plan. Was I not also look at the houses of Le Corbusier, Perret or Lurcat, but it may be one of the few interesting things about this large artery a austere.
Unsigned, it has disturbing parallels with the work of Guimard, especially the very Japanese-inspired fillings, arc of a circle, some of the floor panels, roof overhang, to taste polychromy and the variety of materials, provided that the wood beams that overcome the large elegant room on the top floor, emerging patterns very strange, almost evoking profile mouths menacing sharks. In Guimard, there are indications of this in the house Coilliot Lille, Normandy villas, and even at Castel Beranger.
But surely the ironwork appear here more "English" purely guimardiennes, floral elements pertain to anything in the abstract language usually the master of Art Nouveau. And if, by this, and there, the ideas seem interesting, they are never entirely convincing.
It is true that the property has suffered greatly. I think still remember his original entry - and original - which was prolonged until the transom wall fence with a large arc, very bold. Today, that entry was closed by masonry, him off his main attraction. The surroundings were more learned and billboards did not exist ... Nor exist ceramic critters that live on the roof and were never part of the initial project.
For a while, a real curiosity arose around this unique building, very drawn, the result of multiple influences, devoid of unity but not deprived of charm. Who could have build it? The answer came, as sometimes these engraved sheets of drawings, published by Raguenet, where many Parisian sights, provincial and sometimes even foreign made their only appearance in the media of the time. We do find the house of 82, Queen's Road (at the time was a mere "avenue") in No. 179, published in mid-1905, which could justify its traditional date located around 1902.
Its author is obviously not Hector Guimard, but Alexander Barret (1863-1921), which we have already met a work, in the seventh arrondissement of Paris. Yet most of the work of this architect was Boulogne: he built several schools, theater, nursing home ... Apparently a fast follower style picturesque "which is an important representative, he devoted himself to art nouveau than very rare occasions and with various pleasures: the design of an interior chimney, shown in the publication of Raguenet can judge his understanding a little confused and blundering of the "modern" style of his time for him simple derivative of the picturesque baroque style and not "noble" in itself.
We know the name of the sponsor of the house, but we should doubt that the architect has built for himself. Certainly, the position of the property was probably not uninteresting, but the style of the house bears little resemblance to that which appears most common, simple, full, always perfect proportions, and where small details never appear strange artificially tackles.
PS: A friendly match (sorry for what I think is true here as a tautology!) Pointed out to me that the house plaque, certainly original, comes, certainly, the company Gentil and Bourdet, implanted Boulogne-Billancourt.
