Chambre de commerce, ancien hôtel Camusat

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History

The former hôtel Camusat was built at the beginning of the 18th century and currently houses the Chamber of Commerce. The building consists of a central block and two wings at right angles. Inside, the ground floor has lost all the clearly marked distribution shown on the 1727 plan. The main staircase has a handrail with curved decorative motifs dating from the second half of the 18th century. The paving of the floor landing with its black cabochons is also from the 18th century. On the upper floor, the left wing is occupied by the former great music room with very fine wainscoting decoration of full height covering all the walls. The rooms of the central block have also, on the first floor, retained their decoration: full-height woodwork from the 18th century with overmantels and pier glass panels illustrating the theme of love, grey Belgian marble fireplace, Versailles parquet. Pier glass panels with mirror and overmantels are in wainscoting with landscape canvases whose wooden frames in Rococo style are remarkable.