12 boulevard de La Madeleine
A huge shell, with shells at its base, surmounts the door at the corner of Boulevard de la Madeleine and rue Vignon. An identical shell exists at the corner of the building and rue Godot de Mauroy. This building was the headquarters of Messageries Maritimes until 1975, when they moved to La Défense.
22 rue Notre Dame de Lorette
A very high carriage entrance with very tasteful Rococo-style decoration, topped by a balcony with elaborate ironwork. The lintel above the two doors features a vase medicis surrounded by two griffins. The leaves are adorned with cartouches showing trophies dedicated to war, with their quivers and cannons.
21 rue La Bruyère
Bearded male mascaron with frowning eyebrows surrounded by large foliage, the same motif as on the first floor of the building.
39 rue La Bruyère
Two faun profiles frame the cartouche bearing the number of the building, and foliage runs from the fauns’ hair like long, thin beards.
10 rue de Liège
The elegance of this lintel lies in the symmetry of its decoration of ribbons and garlands of flowers and its two small fluted brackets supporting the entablature.
12 rue de Liège
Two pairs of Corinthian half-columns frame the doorway. They form a very elegant porch, whose refinement contrasts with the simplicity of the entablature above.
Other doors of interest:
| 10-12 rue Rodier | Building number included in door décor |
| 119 rue Saint Lazare | Alsatian house facade with a stork perched on the chimney and the statue of Gambrinus, king of beer (Flemish figure). The house must have been a brewery. |
| 11bis boulevard Haussmann | Garlands of fruit and vegetables. Two small lions frame the door, each surmounted by a large vase. |
| 12 avenue de Trudaine | An angel with outstretched wings and draped robe surmounts the door. The style of this angel is reminiscent of paintings by the symbolist painter Gustave Moreau. |
| 12-14 rue Duperré | Twin doors surmounted by a female face and set in an oval arch. |
| 1-3 rue Laffite | Two angels in languid poses frame the porch. |
| 17 rue de Calais | Mascaron featuring a female face in the style of ancient Roman women. Olive branches surround the mascaron. |
| 17 rue de Chateaudun | Large carriage entrance. Small bears holding a crown. Owl motifs on the leaves. |
| 2 place d’Estienne d’Orves | Two bare Atlantes each support a composite capital. Architect Ch. Forest. 1865 |
| 21 rue Henry Monnier | Woman’s face crowned with cherries and surrounded by two eagles. Same ironwork motif as 25 rue Henry Monnier. Architect: Georges Guyon. Sculptor Georges Ardouin. 1907 |
| 25 rue Henry Monnier | Two children in foliage on the clasp above the door. The foliage motif on the door’s ironwork is identical to that at 21 rue Henry Monnier. Architect : Georges Guyon. Sculptor Georges Ardouin. 1907 |
| 23 rue Ballu | Small pedestrian door with an imposing cartouche on the door key. The door is surmounted by a bull’s eye decorated like a medallion. To the left, a curious arcade surmounts a large window with balcony and two wooden doors with transoms. |
| 24 rue de Londres | Highly carved lintel. In the center: bust of a faun or the god Pan, looking left at a young woman leaning against the stele of the bust, right at a cherub playing the harmonica and another dancing, all against a forest landscape with trees. Abundant oak foliage on left and right. |
| 28 place Saint Georges | Abundant sculpted decoration. Note the two monumental statues on the façade: allegories of abundance and wisdom. This mansion, formerly the Hôtel de Bernis, became the Hôtel de La Paiva, named after the famous courtesan Esther Lachmann, wife of the Marqis de La Paiva. She later built a sumptuous mansion at the bottom of the Avenue des Champs Elysées, also known as the Hôtel de La Paiva. Architectt Edouard Renaud. 1840 |
| 43 rue La Bruyère | Window in transom |
| 49 rue Saint Georges | Fluted columns, rose garlands, foliage |
| 51 bis rue de Condorcet | Pretty female mascaron, with a witty expression and gaze turned to the left. |
| 55 rue de Clichy | Entrance to the Cité Monthiers. Tympanum showing two parents with their baby. |
| 59 bis rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle | Fauna mask for frizzy hair |
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