8th district

40 cours Albert 1er

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