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  6. Domaine de Senelles, known as Maison des Platettes in Bias

 Domaine de Senelles, known as Maison des Platettes in Bias dans le Lot-et-Garonne

Patrimoine classé
Maison des hommes et des femmes célèbres
Musée d'Art naïf
Lot-et-Garonne

Domaine de Senelles, known as Maison des Platettes in Bias

    Rue Clémentine Steef
    47300 Bias
Domaine de Senelles à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Domaine de Senelles, dit Maison des Assiettes à Bias
Crédit photo : MOSSOT - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
vers 1888
Transformation by Léon de Brondeau
1906
Legacy to Villeneuve-sur-Lot
milieu du XIXe siècle
Purchase by Désiré de Brondeau
26 novembre 2012
Historical monument classification
2020
Heritage Lotto Selection
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The estate composed of the house, the old orangery, the old "chamber", the commons and the barn (cad. AC 74): inscription by decree of 26 November 2012

Key figures

Léon de Brondeau - Owner and patron Turns the house into a work of art.
Désiré de Brondeau - Former owner Acquire the estate in the 19th.
Théodore Deck - Ceramicist Author of friezes iznik style.
André Vincent Vieillard - Ceramic Creator Contributed to the exterior decorations.

Origin and history

The Domaine de Senelles, located on Rue Clémentine Steef in Bias (Lot-et-Garonne), is a former 18th century royal nursery, transformed into a private residence in the 19th century. Originally, the estate housed white mulberry trees and plum trees, before being acquired by Désiré de Brondeau in the mid-19th century. His son, Léon de Brondeau, a doctor and collector of art, made him his residence around 1888. It modifies the structure by adding a gallery and decorates the facades with plates, tiles and ceramic panels from prestigious manufacturers such as Sarreguemines, Choisy-le-Roi or Gien. The works of renowned ceramists, such as Theodore Deck or André Vincent Vieillard, are alongside friezes inspired by the iznik art.

Léon de Brondeau, a widower without descendants, left the estate in 1906 in the commune of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, with the obligation to maintain a farm there for 99 years. After Bias' independence in 1935, the estate remained linked to Villeneuve-sur-Lot until its acquisition by Bias in 2005. The facades, covered with ceramics with various designs, reflect Brondeau's scientific and artistic spirit, while the interior staircase exhibits political and social cartoons from satirical journals (1870–1906). These drawings, signed by artists such as André Gill or Jules Grandjouan, address anticlerical themes, the separation of the Church and the State, or social issues that are still present.

Ranked a historic monument in 2012, the estate receives €300,000 in support of its restoration through the Heritage Lotto in 2020. Brondeau's collections, including bronzes, pendulums and paintings, were bequeathed to the Museum of Fine Arts of Agen. Today, the House of the Plates bears witness to the eclecticism of a passionate patron, combining decorative art, political commitment and agricultural heritage. Its unique architecture, blending pea, added gallery and geometric ceramic decorations, makes it a remarkable site of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

External links

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