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Histoire de Paris

Hôtel d’Ecquevilly dit du Grand Veneur
L’hôtel primitif a été bâti pour Charles de Guénégaud après 1646; le chancelier de France Boucherat l’acheta en 1686 et le fit reconstruire. En 1733, il passa à Vincent Hennequino d’Ecquevilly, capitaine de l’équipage du sanglier pour le roi, d’où son appellation. La décoration a été refaite par son fils Louis avec l’emploi d’emblèmes de chasse. L’hôtel fut occupé de 1816 à 1901 par les religieuses franciscaines de Sainte-Elisabeth, qui l’ont dénaturé en vendant les boiseries à la fin du XIXe siècle. L’hôtel est devolu au commerce mais il subsiste à l’intérieur un superbe vestibule de style rococo et un escalie rpourvu d’une rampe richement ornée.

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One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.

The sign describes the house that was built in 1637 and among its owners was Louis Boucherat, who was the Chancellor of France.
The house is designated as a French historical heritage site

The house was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

The illustration of the house in the center of the sign is shown here at magnification Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:

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History of Paris

The house of Ecquevilly
The original hotel was built for Charles de Guénégaud after 1646; the chancellor of France Boucherat bought it in 1686 and had it rebuilt. In 1733, it passed to Vincent Hennequino d’Ecquevilly, captain of the wild boar crew for the king, hence its name. The decoration was redone by his son Louis with the use of hunting emblems. The hotel was occupied from 1816 to 1901 by the Franciscan nuns of Sainte-Elisabeth, who distorted it by selling the woodwork at the end of the 19th century. The hotel is dedicated to commerce but inside there remains a superb rococo style vestibule and a staircase with a richly decorated banister.

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