1 rue Emile Gilbert
Dionysos is smiling on this mascaron, on a prominent cartouche decorated with thin trellis. Have a look to the nice curved balcony above the door.
13 avenue de Saint Mandé
Large Baroque-style carved decoration. Cartouche surmounted by a small lion’s head above the door. The brackets supporting the balcony are adorned with rams’ heads.
41 avenue de Saint Mandé
Art Nouveau facade with beautiful ironwork on the balconies and different masks on each floor. On the central forecourt: female faces on the 1st floor, monkeys on the 2nd floor and lions on the 3rd floor. Gargoyle motifs at the upper corners of the forecourt. On the sides: grotesque masks. A couple are kissing above the door. Architect Jean Falp. 1903
44 avenue Daumesnil
The lintel is decorated with a very realistic vine motif. The vine extends beyond the ends, to the left and right of the brackets. The vine foliage runs along the door frame. Also of note is the very attractive ironwork of the balcony above the door.
75 avenue de Saint Mandé
Art Nouveau period. Female face surrounded by a garland of roses. Elliptical door frame. Beautiful ironwork on the door.
102 avenue de Saint Mandé
Two seated lions face each other on the gate of a house.
9 rue Fabre d’Eglantine
Neo-Gothic facade. Tympanum with seated figure holding a parchment, surrounded by test tubes and mortar: an alchemist?
8 rue du Rendez-vous
A carriage entrance surmounted by a curious curved lintel.
42 et 42bis rue Leroy Dupré
Above the door, a male face is turned to the right towards the neighbouring door, surmounted by a female face turned to the left: the two are looking at each other.
Other doors of interest:
| 12 rue Théophile Roussel | Very expressive smiling female face surmounted by a vine shoot with bunches of grapes |
| 124 avenue Daumesnil | Portrait of a family above the porch: a woman with her arm outstretched to the left and a couple with two children to the right. Architect A. Labussière. Sculptor C. Garnier |
| 17 avenue du Bel Air | Art Nouveau period. Incredible tympanum with a multitude of female faces, including several maternal faces embraced by their child. Sculptor Georges Ardouin |
| 19 avenue du Bel Air | Lion’s head with an almost human look on a clip above the door. |
| 27 avenue du Bel Air | Art Nouveau period. Leaning woman’s head with pensive expression above the door. Decorated with foliage, flowers and two snails. Architect Jean Falp, sculptor Georges Ardouin. |
| 19 rue de Reuilly | Spectacular door surround with a woman’s head leaning forward flanked by two horns of plenty. Door surmounted by a fire pot surrounded by two garlands. Two lion heads surmount recessed balusters on either side of the door. |
| 2 rue Dorian | Art Nouveau period. Two oblique women’s heads with long hair frame a little girl’s head in a plant medallion. The decor is in the same vein as that of 4 rue Dorian. Architect Jean Falp. 1905 |
| 4 rue Dorian | Head of a smiling woman with long hair is surrounded by two smaller women’s faces resembling her against a background of foliage and grapes, the whole in a curve surmounted by two lions. Decoration in the same vein as those at 4 and 6 rue Dorian. Architect Jean Falp. |
| 6 rue Dorian | A smiling woman’s face surrounded by garlands of flowers, surmounted by two little girls’ faces resembling her. The decor is in the same style as those at 2 and 4 rue Dorian. Architect Jean Falp. 1909 |
| 44 rue de la voûte | Art deco. Highly geometric ironwork whose lines echo a prominent lintel. A similar, though less original, door can be found at 44bis rue de la voûte. |
| 5 rue de Capri | Art nouveau. Elegant ironwork on the door, flanked by two columns and set in a circular arch. Foliage from various trees adorns the whole: chestnut tree on the arch, ivy under the column capitals, chestnut trees between the columns and the arch. Architect Charles-Achille Lemaire. 1910 |
| 64 avenue Ledru Rollin | Carriage entrance with a small thatched-roof beehive with bees carved on the door. |
| 28 boulevard de la Bastille | Spectacular door overlay in the shape of a ship’s bow. Bearded man’s head in the bow. Ropes and an oar hang from each side of the boat’s hull. Bamboo sprays at the stern. Architects A. and G. Olive. Sculptor Joseph Cartier |
| 30 avenue Daumesnil | Two storks crown the door frame. Decorated with bamboo. |
| 30 rue de Cîteaux | A very original Art Nouveau door. The frame is decorated with lilies. Above the door is a small bouquet of oak leaves. |
| 37 rue de Picpus | Beautiful mascaron |
| 41 rue de Bercy | Pediment decorated with an allegory of abundance: a child seated on a barrel holding a stick topped with a pine cone, on the left a creel with fish, on the right fruit, bottles and a vine shoot. |
| 5 rue Michel Chasles | Above the door, beneath a rounded pediment, a dragon with outstretched wings and flowers sits on a spray of reeds. Architect P. Schroeder. 1901 |
| 55 boulevard de Reuilly | Clasp decorated with two intersecting caducei. Ironwork in the style of the 1930s: two vases set on columns and inscribed in truncated lozenges. Architect: A. Landes. 1925 |
| 7 rue de Citeau | A rooster with outstretched wings sits above a hen on the left and her chicks on the right, perched on a peg above the door. |
| 76 cours de Vincennes | Crocodile on the staple above the door |
| 78 cours de Vincennes | Dolphin on the staple above the door |
| 80 avenue Daumesnil | Art déco. A dozen monumental statues adorn the top floor of the building. These statues are copies of Michelangelo’s Dying Slave. Architect Manuel Nunez-Yanowski |
| 93 boulevard Poniatowski | The lintel is decorated with the profiles of two young children, a girl and a boy, and a holly garland. The little boy is reading, the little girl is reading over his shoulder. Architect Henri Michel. 1913 |
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