Hameau de Chantilly (Paris)

The Hameau de Chantilly ('hamlet of Chantilly') in Paris was a group of cottages in the gardens of the Élysée Palace in Paris constructed by Bathilde d'Orléans, Duchess of Bourbon in 1787 in imitation of the Hameau de Chantilly at the Château de Chantilly, her principal residence.[1]

With the Revolution, she left the Élysée in 1792, returning in 1794; she finally left in 1797.

In 1801, Velloni fils[2] opened the Hameau as a short-lived eating, drinking, and dancing establishment.[3][4][5]

Le Hameau de Chantilly, Pavillon de la danse[6]

See also

• Cottage orné
• Ferme ornée
• French landscape garden#The rustic village (hameau) as garden feature

Notes

1. Haynie, p. 245
2. Velloni fils was the son of Velloni, who had introduced Neapolitan ice cream to Paris and opened several cafés; Louis Désiré Veron, Mémoires D'un Bourgeois de Paris, 1853 p.2:18
3. Paul Adolphe van Cleemputte, La vie parisienne à travers le XIXe siècle: Paris de 1800 à 1900 d'après les estampes et les mémoires du temps, Paris 1900 p. 33, quoting the Journal des Débats, 1801
4. André Castelot, The turbulent city: Paris, 1783-1871 1962, p.72
5. Mary Berry, Lady Theresa Lewis, ed., Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry from the year 1783 to 1852, London: 1865, 2:178-179
6. Charles Simond, Paris de 1800 à 1900, Paris:1900 p. 23, where it is credited as "D'après une gravure du temps (Bibliothèque de la ville de Paris)"

Bibliography

• Henry Haynie, Paris: Past & Present 2, New York, 1902. at Google Books