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The Villa Le Caruhel, located in Etables-sur-Mer (today Binic-Étables-sur-Mer) in the Côtes-d'Armor, was built around 1913 in a modernist style tinted with neo-classicism. Its architecture, entrusted to Jean de La Morinerie, is distinguished by a decoration inspired by flora and underwater fauna, conceived after the drawings of Mathurin Méheut. The ironworks of Edgar Brandt and Raymond Subes, as well as the mosaics of Isidore Odorico, create an aquatic universe of great artistic precision.

Purchased in 1925 by Fricotelle, an importer of cigarette paper, the villa is enlarged and enriched with a Japanese garden, probably imagined in 1913, with a cascade decorated with mosaics. This seaside area, combining art and nature, reflects the enthusiasm of the era for exoticism and decorative art. Its stone pavement, pebbles and garden have been protected since its inscription in historical monuments in 2009.

The villa illustrates the mixture of artistic influences of the early twentieth century, where modernism and classical references coexist. The collaborations between architects, ironmakers, Mosaïsts and painters make this a rare testimony of total art, where each detail contributes to an immersion in a stylized marine ecosystem. Its classification underlines its heritage importance, both for its architecture and for its interior and exterior decorations.

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