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English translation

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History

Construction begins in 1909 on the plans of architect Léonce Hainez and is completed in 1922 under the direction of Albert Giovannoni. It is entirely finished in 1931. The façade presents a fairly classical eclectic decoration, with a ceramic frieze. Inside, Art Nouveau vestibule, neo-classical waiting room for medical activities, a tiled surgery cabinet and an Art Nouveau study whose ceiling is a reproduction of that of the former private office of the prefect of Nord at the prefecture of Lille. On the garden side, the living quarters present a neo-Renaissance staircase and banister departure in the form of a chimera, a neo-Renaissance dining room with ceramic frieze inlays, a neo-18th century drawing room decorated with wood panelling whose medallions represent episodes from the Fables of La Fontaine and Aesop, an Art Nouveau winter garden. A low wainscot in tiles with hippocampi and snail motifs terminated by a frieze of snails facing each other on either side of large mushrooms, decorates the walls. An Art Nouveau fireplace whose hearth adopts the shape of a peacock tail occupies the small side.