Château de Blois
The mansion is a pastiche of French Renaissance constructions built in the Loire Valley, which aimed at emphasizing Emile Gaillard’s art collection. Indeed, the architect had visited the Château de Blois and the Château de Gien. The magazine "La Semaine des constructeurs" wrote in 1882: “Mr. Février has been deeply inspired by the Château de Blois, while he still rethought the details, the plan, the facings and the decorations in a very original and personal way”.