Elevation of the Hôtel Carnavalet, Paris
by MANSART, François, Drawing
The H�tel Carnavalet, built by Pierre Lescot in 1548, is the only example of a Paris house to survive from the middle of the sixteenth century. It was remodeled in 1660-61 by Fran�ois Mansart.
The picture shows one of a set of survey drawings of the H�tel Carnavalet made by Cyril A. Farey (1888-1954), a British architect and architectural illustrator.