Built in 1892 at the entrance to Jausiers, aligned with the Villa des Fleurs, the villa commissioned by Jean-Baptiste Laugier, a former trader in Mexico, is distinguished by its important painted decoration which affects the interior but also the exterior of the building.
Description
The envelope still retains the still visible trace of an abundant geometric decoration executed in trompe-l'oeil by artists from neighboring Piedmont.
The ground floor rooms, which house the services and reception areas, retain the richest decor.
The painted decoration of the salon, which "concentrates the richness and elements of the villa's representation," is particularly ambitious. In a cleverly compartmentalized Pompeian-style composition, the major arts are represented: Painting, Music, Architecture, and Sculpture.
Surmounted by an imposing mirror with a gilded frame, the fireplace is made of onyx. The room retains its original drapes and tapestry. With its Louis XV furniture, the grand salon formed a stereotypical decorative ensemble, characteristic of the bourgeois taste of the late 19th century against which Art Nouveau reacted, proposing a renewed unity of style.
The dining room, unsurprisingly, houses Henri II furniture, around the two-part sideboard which was very popular at the time.
The painted ceiling develops, from the central rose window where the large chandelier hangs, a linear beam ending in the corners with a naturalistic motif combining flowers and fruit.
This naturalistic writing still distinguishes the ceiling of the vestibule, decorated along its entire length with sprays of flowers, painted in pastel tones of great delicacy.