16th – Muette Passy

2 chaussée de La Muette

Carved lintel: Cupid presents a mirror to a half-reclining Venus, a perfume burner smoking at her feet.

3 rue Alfred Dehodencq

Art nouveau. Pedestrian door and service door separated by a large sheaf of flowers ending on a curved lintel decorated with flowers. The whole is topped by a tympanum showing a woman holding a sheaf of wildflowers. The decoration on the lintel continues on the tympanum. Architect Maurice du Bois d’Auberville. 1911

19 rue Octave Feuillet

A peacock does a cartwheel above the door. The shape of the lintel matches that of the peacock’s tail. Architect Maurice du Bois d’Auberville.

8 rue Jean Richepin

Two large ram heads adorn the façade. The door is adorned with male and female masks topped by fire pots.

9 rue Jean Richepin

In the clip, a bird feeds two chicks in a nest, watched by another bird. A bird sits on a vine to the left and right of the clip. Birds decorate the window frame above the door.

8 rue Eugêne Labiche

A series of lintels above the windows, featuring children as little paintings, with a book, an anvil, a sea monster, sharing a bowl with a dog, an aviary. Architect Alexandre Fournier, sculptor Henri Bouchard. 1907

14 boulevard Emile Augier

Very ornate neo-Gothic porch. The frame is decorated with vines, with a male face in the center of the frame surrounded by grapes. Two small figures support this porch: the one on the left is facing the front, supporting the porch on his back; the one on the right is facing the back, arching his hands and feet against the wall.

10 rue de La Pompe

Door frame decorated with foliage and surmounted on the left by a devil seated in profile and on the right by a dragon.

61 Boulevard de Montmorency

Spectacular facade, rounded porch adorned with shells. Two cherubs’ heads adorn the porch consoles.

11 rue Massenet

Lintel above the door adorned with a seated woman, resting on her elbow, naked, standing out against a highly symmetrical landscape: trees to the left and right. Architects M. Dourgnon H. Cadilhac. 1906

2 rue Eugêne Manuel

Immeuble Les Chardons, named after the ceramic decoration on the façade. Architect Charles Klein, ceramist Emile Muller. 1903

13 rue Franklin

Two modern caryatids

7 avenue de Camoens

Female mascaron in a very Baroque doorframe decorated with flowers.

19 et 19bis Boulevard Delessert

Decorative wheat ears above the twin doors.

60 rue du Ranelagh

A rather massive doorframe decorated with a questioning male face, wearing a sort of turban, slightly in profile and seemingly watching passers-by with his eyes.

65 rue du Ranelagh

Fruit garlands around the door. Series of male and female masks above the first floor windows.

67 rue du Ranelagh

Mascaron representing a Gorgon’s head. Architect A. Walwein. 1893

74 rue du Ranelagh

Mascaron representing a faun with a very pointed nose on a cartouche decorated with roses. Architect A. Michel. 1900

85 rue du Ranelagh

Highly ornate door top with a smiling faun’s head framed by two small horns of plenty. Architect E. Bainier. 1901

94 rue du Ranelagh

Small, rounded neo-Gothic door with attractive ironwork on the leaves.

11 avenue Mozart

The door’s lintel is dedicated to war, with garlands of oak and laurel leaves, while the triangular pediment is dedicated to peace, with a lyre on a background of olive branches. Amusing little bull’s eye window to the left of the door. Architect Dubois

22 avenue Mozart

Mascaron depicting the face of a mischievous faun, looking to the left.

25 avenue Mozart

A rather massive door frame surmounted by a balcony with a central female profile in a medallion surrounded by foliage.

Other doors of interest:

10 rue de BoulainvilliersFaun’s head surrounded by a garland of pine branches. The pine branch motif is repeated on the ironwork. Architects Fournier & Duron. 1891
10 rue Eugêne DelacroixDouble rounded door: 1 fairly wide and 1 very narrow, both in the same frame
100 rue de La TourCarriage door with two curious little figures. Imposing male mascaron scowling above the door. Fruit garlands on the pilasters on either side of the door. Architect A. Sauvage. Important decoration around the doors of 102 and 104 rue de la Tour, built by the same architect.
14 rue PétrarqueTwo birds peck at chicks in a nest. The nest surmounts the building number, itself surrounded by foliage.
22bis rue PétrarqueBeautiful Art Nouveau ironwork.
14 square de l’AlboniArt Deco. Two rams face each other, seemingly pushing the door clasp with their heads. Original triangle-shaped lintel. Architect Ch. Venner. 1929
20 rue RaynouardSquirrel above the door
21 avenue MozartPorte cochère with glass oculus
3 rue Le NôtreBeautiful town house. Hôtel La Trémoille. Architect Paul-Ernest Sanson. 1912
3 rue Louis BoillyArt nouveau. Two women emerge from bamboo-like foliage above the door. Leaning under the door, they seem to be watching people enter and leave the building. Their heads touch.
5 rue de l’AssomptionDoor frame in mosaic with foliate decoration. Architect Gelis-Didot
127 rue du RanelaghLarge cartouche above the gate: armoires and knight’s helmet. Architect J. Brenet
9 rue Louis BoillyTwo cats descend along the foliage of the door’s ironwork. Rose garland on the door lintel. This building won a prize in the City of Paris facade competition in 1914. Architect Charles Labro
15-17 avenue Paul DoumerA rooster surmounts the door of this Art Deco building.
42 rue DescampsDoorframe with a shape halfway between round and ogive, adorned with a delicate garland of vines and grapes. The door’s transom is decorated with stained-glass windows. Architect Alexandre Bruel. 1904