8th district

40 cours Albert 1er

Glass and lead door designed by Lalique. Branches and foliage run across the glass frame and door.

47 avenue Hoche

A mascaron depicting a faun with enormous ears. Its twin adorns the building’s second door on the façade facing rue Bugeaud. These two doors open onto a semicircular hall where horse-drawn carriages entered to drop off their passengers under shelter and exited through the opposite door.

Other doors of interest:

10 rue du CirqueCurious lintel decorated with foliage
23bis avenue de MessineMascaron featuring Athena. Very elaborate door frame
26 avenue MarceauMascaron of a bearded man with long hair. Oak leaves
27 rue de MadridMascaron: Bacchus sticks out his tongue
3 place de la MadeleineTwo cherubs leaning against a medallion in the center of a rounded pediment
33 rue d’AmsterdamA caryatid and an atlante frame the impost of the carriage door. Their legs are interwoven fish tails mingled with reeds. They support the balcony with one hand, their fingers curiously spread, while holding reeds in the other.
34 avenue MatignonTwo contemporary bronze Atlantes flank the door. Sculptor Dominique Babinet. Note: the door handles and doorbell are also by the sculptor D. Babinet. 1992
35 rue du Faubourg Saint HonoréRoaring lion above the door and cherubs on the wings.
37 rue du Faubourg Saint HonoréSecondary entrance to the British Embassy. Carriage entrance surmounted by an oculus flanked by two putti. A female mascaron is at the base of the oval.
35 rue François 1erThe door’s ironwork depicts a tree whose branches are dotted with small animals.
4 avenue HocheTwo sheathed Atlanteans featuring Hercules wearing the skin of the Nemean lion support the balcony above the door.
45 rue de LiègeTwo horns of plenty frame a female mascaron. This decoration is slightly different at 47 rue de Liège.
5 avenue George VMale head with slanted eyebrows surmounted by a lion mask: Hercules wearing the headdress of the Nemean lion.
51 rue d’AnjouTwo enormous dragons flank this imposing porch at the corner of rue d’Anjou and rue des Mathurins. The porch is topped by a very beautiful balcony featuring gracefully rounded lines.
51 rue de MiromesnilTwo large allegorical statues, on the left the force. Architect Charles Bury. Sculptor Pierre Granet
54 rue d’AnjouLarge carriage entrance at the corner of rue des Mathurins. Two huge dragons, wings outstretched, flank the door. Architect P. Farge. 1927
7 rue LamennaisTwo putti serve as caryatids, supporting the balcony above the door.
7 rue RembrandtDoor topped with a carved canopy depicting a huge scallop shell. Architect Gustave Rives. 1896
7 rue TronchetA highly ornate mascaron: two winged figures flank the mascaron, which surmounts a cherub’s head. At its center, two interlaced caducei and a handshake are depicted. A small feminine face appears on the wrought ironwork of the door transom.
76 avenue MarceauCornucopias and two large putti flank the door. A faun is above the service door.
9 avenue MontaigneThe main door and the small door are both rounded beneath an arch with a window in the rounded tympanum.
Villa Wagram Saint honoréArt nouveau. Giant snake-shaped handles