Russell Page Archive: Château du Moulinet

An undated pencil design on tracing paper with ink annotations (drawing number 5045/2A). As it has one of the earliest drawing reference numbers (2A), it is likely to have been executed at the beginning of the project, in 1950. It shows the layout of the garden area behind the horseshoe-shaped house. Dimensions of paths and borders have been added in pen.

An undated pencil design on tracing paper, marked ‘Le Moulinet, echelle 1/ 200’ (drawing number 5045/5). As with RP/1/6/114/1, the drawing reference number suggests that it was executed at the beginning of the project, in 1950. It shows a larger area of land than RP/1/6/114/2, extending out to the wood (‘bois’) beyond the formal gardens. Other wooded areas are also indicated.

An undated pencil design on tracing paper, marked ‘Section-feuilles, Chateau le Moulinet, Garancieres’ (drawing number 5045/7). As with RP/1/6/114/1, the drawing reference number suggests that it was executed at the beginning of the project, in 1950. The plan shows the stretch of land behind and in front of the château, extending further than both RP/1/6/114/1 and RP/1/6/114/2. The plot is broken down into five sections (marked A to E).

An undated pencil design on tracing paper (drawing number 5045/6). The drawing reference number suggests that it was executed before RP/1/6/114/7, so sometime before April 1951. It would appear to be a plan of section ‘E’ of the garden as shown in RP/1/6/114/4. Running parallel to a large rectangle of grass (‘gazon’) are rows of cut lime trees (‘rangés de tilleuls taillés’) and, beyond this, a tennis court.

An undated pencil design on tracing paper (drawing number 5045/7C). The drawing reference number suggests that it was executed before RP/1/6/114/7, so sometime before April 1951. It corresponds to section ‘C’ of the garden as shown in RP/1/6/114/4. Again, the plan includes rows of evenly spaced lime trees (‘tilleuls’).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 17 April 1951, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Parterre A, echelle 2cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/12). It would appear to be a suggested plan for part of section ‘D’ of the garden as shown in RP/1/6/114/4; an alternative design is shown in RP/1/6/114/8.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 17 April 1951, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Parterre B, echelle 2cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/13). It would appear to be a suggested plan for part of section ‘D’ of the garden as shown in RP/1/6/114/4; an alternative design is shown in RP/1/6/114/7.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 18 April 1951 (drawing number 5045/15). It would appear to be a partial design for the courtyard area to the immediate rear of the château (area ‘A’ in RP/1/6/114/4). Marked version ‘B’, presumably there was at least one other version (an ‘A’) proposed, the drawing of which has not survived.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 4 May 1951 (revisions made in July), marked ‘Madame Ortiz- Linares, Chateau du Moulinet, Garancieres, Projet cour, echelle 1cm/M, revised 30.7.51, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/16/1). Like RP/1/6/114/9, the plan shows the courtyard area to the immediate rear of the château (area ‘A’ in RP/1/6/114/4) but is a more realised version.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 15 June 1951, marked ‘Monsieur Ortiz-Linares, Chateau du Moulinet, Garancieres, Marches du haut, echelle 5cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/18). The drawing shows a plan and elevation of the staircase situated at the end of the courtyard (see: RP/1/6/114/10), linking it to the garden beyond.

A pencil and ink drawing on tracing paper dated June 1951, marked ‘Pavilion de [tennis], Le Moulinet’. The tennis pavilion depicted here is not indicated on any of the garden plans but presumably would have sat close to the tennis court referenced in RP/1/6/114/3.

An undated pencil sketch plan on tracing paper, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Suggestions pour pavilion de tennis’. A plan and elevation for the tennis pavilion shown in RP/1/6/114/32.

An undated pencil design on tracing paper, marked ‘Garancieres, Face au tennis dedant maison des [invites]’, showing the area of garden opposite the tennis pavilion.

A pencil and ink design on tracing paper dated June 1951, marked ‘Château du Moulinet, Etude pour potager et verger, echelle 0.005 = 1 metre, Vilmorin, Paris’. The extensive kitchen garden with orchard seen in this plan does not seem to be marked on any of the larger site plans: RP/1/6/114/1, RP/1/6/114/2, and RP/1/6/114/3. It is likely that it was situated above the area marked ‘Ferme’ on RP/1/6/114/1.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 15 October 1951, marked ‘Echelle 1/2cm/M, Abord allées potager, Garancieres, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/28). A revised version of the kitchen garden, and cutting garden, shown in RP/1/6/114/33.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 25 August 1951, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Garancieres, Cutting Garden A, echelle 1cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/20). The cutting garden, for which this is one suggested plan, is likely to be the ‘Jardin de fleurs de Madame’ shown in RP/1/6/114/17 (and ‘Fleurs coupes’ in RP/1/6/114/33). Five variations, marked A to E, were drawn up in August 1951: RP/1/6/114/12, RP/1/6/114/13, RP/1/6/114/14, RP/1/6/114/15 and RP/1/6/114/16.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 25 August 1951, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Garancieres, Cutting Garden B, echelle 1cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/21). The cutting garden, for which this is a suggested plan, is likely to be the ‘Jardin de fleurs de Madame’ shown in RP/1/6/114/17 (and ‘Fleurs coupes’ in RP/1/6/114/33). Five variations, marked A to E, were drawn up in August 1951: RP/1/6/114/12, RP/1/6/114/13, RP/1/6/114/14, RP/1/6/114/15 and RP/1/6/114/16.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 25 August 1951, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Garancieres, Cutting Garden C, echelle 1cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/22). The cutting garden, for which this is a suggested plan, is likely to be the ‘Jardin de fleurs de Madame’ shown in RP/1/6/114/17 (and ‘Fleurs coupes’ in RP/1/6/114/33). Five variations, marked A to E, were drawn up in August 1951: RP/1/6/114/12, RP/1/6/114/13, RP/1/6/114/14, RP/1/6/114/15 and RP/1/6/114/16.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 25 August 1951, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Garancieres, Cutting Garden D, echelle 1cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/23). The cutting garden, for which this is a suggested plan, is likely to be the ‘Jardin de fleurs de Madame’ shown in RP/1/6/114/17 (and ‘Fleurs coupes’ in RP/1/6/114/33). Five variations, marked A to E, were drawn up in August 1951: RP/1/6/114/12, RP/1/6/114/13, RP/1/6/114/14, RP/1/6/114/15 and RP/1/6/114/16.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 25 August 1951, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Garancieres, Cutting Garden E, echelle 1cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/24). The cutting garden, for which this is a suggested plan, is likely to be the ‘Jardin de fleurs de Madame’ shown in RP/1/6/114/17 (and ‘Fleurs coupes’ in RP/1/6/114/33). Five variations, marked A to E, were drawn up in August 1951: RP/1/6/114/12, RP/1/6/114/13, RP/1/6/114/14, RP/1/6/114/15 and RP/1/6/114/16.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 20 November 1951, marked 'Garancieres, Madame Ortiz-Linares, Jardin fleuriste, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/33). This plan for the cutting garden is close to the slightly earlier version ‘B’ design (RP/1/6/114/13).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 1951, marked ‘Jardin fleurs à couper, Le Moulinet, echelle 1/100', Accepté? [crossed through] Annuler’. Dated only to 1951, it is not known if this plan came before or after the five designs for the cutting garden marked A to E. Presumably at some point it was considered as the final design as it is marked ‘Accepté’; however at some stage it was rejected, and the plan marked ‘Annuler’.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 11 February 1952, marked ‘Garancieres, Jardin bouquetier, annule croquis precedant, echelle un cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/41). This appears to be the design finally selected for the cutting garden, as suggested by the note: ‘bouquet garden, cancel previous sketch’ (‘Jardin bouquetier, annule croquis precedent’). In a plan dated the following year showing the planting scheme for the flower garden, the layout has remained the same (see RP/1/6/114/25).

An ink and pencil design on tracing paper dated 17 February 1953, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Jardin fleurs á couper, 1/100, Plantation 1953-‘ (drawing number 5045/56). The overall design for the cutting garden has remained as laid out in RP/1/6/114/22, with the addition of a suggested planting scheme.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 4 November 1951, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Projet pour les pourtours de la maison'. The plan shows the terrace and grass area in front of the house and the parterre and pond (‘bassin’) to the east.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 16 November 1951, marked ‘Projet pour le pourtour de la maison, Garancieres, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/32). Dated less than a fortnight later, the plan is a slightly more finished version of RP/1/6/114/35.

A pencil drawing on tracing paper dated 10 January 1952, marked 'Le Moulinet' (drawing number 5045/34), showing the terrace and grass area in front of the house and the parterre and pond to the east.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 24 January 1952, marked ‘Garancieres, Terrasse & bassin, echelle un cm/M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/35). The plan shows the terrace and grass area in front of the house and the parterre and pond to the east, with measurements.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 25 August 1952, marked ‘Garanciere, Couronnement bassin, 5cm/M, Modifié 20-I-54’. This shows the suggested coping at the end of the channel leading into the pond (the channel can be seen more clearly in RP/1/6/114/35 RP/1/6/114/18).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 10 October 1952, marked ‘Madame Ortiz-Linares, Parterre est, echelle 2cm/ M, Vilmorin, Paris’ (drawing number 5045/47). A plan of the parterre to the east of the château.

An undated pencil design on tracing paper, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Garancieres, 5cm/M mesurer s/dessin’. Although no date is given on this plan of the parterre to the east of the château, it is likely to have been drawn around the same time as RP/1/6/114/23.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 20 October 1952 (with revisions made on 3 November), marked ‘Le Moulinet, Piscine, 2cm/ M, 20-X-52, modifié 3-XI-52’ (drawing number 5045/53[?]). It is the first of the existing plans for a swimming pool, which was located close to the tennis court.

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 10 June 1953, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Piscine A, echelle 1cm/M’ (drawing number 5045/61). It is one of at least ten suggested plans for the swimming pool that were drawn up between June and December 1953; A, B, C, D, H and K survive in the archive (RP/1/6/114/26 to RP/1/6/114/31).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 10 June 1953, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Piscine B, echelle 1cm/M’ (drawing number 5045/62). It is one of at least ten suggested plans for the swimming pool that were drawn up between June and December 1953; A, B, C, D, H and K survive in the archive (RP/1/6/114/26 to RP/1/6/114/31).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 10 June 1953, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Piscine C, echelle 1cm/M’ (drawing number 5045/63). It is one of at least ten suggested plans for the swimming pool that were drawn up between June and December 1953; A, B, C, D, H and K survive in the archive (RP/1/6/114/26 to RP/1/6/114/31).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 10 June 1953, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Piscine D, echelle 1cm/M’ (drawing number 5045/64). It is one of at least ten suggested plans for the swimming pool that were drawn up between June and December 1953; A, B, C, D, H and K survive in the archive (RP/1/6/114/26 to RP/1/6/114/31).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 16 September 1953, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Piscine H, echelle 1cm/M’ (drawing number 5045/68). It is one of at least ten suggested plans for the swimming pool that were drawn up between June and December 1953; A, B, C, D, H and K survive in the archive (RP/1/6/114/26 to RP/1/6/114/31).

A pencil design on tracing paper dated 10 December 1953, marked ‘Le Moulinet, Piscine K, echelle 1cm/M’ (drawing number 5045/72). It is one of at least ten suggested plans for the swimming pool that were drawn up between June and December 1953; A, B, C, D, H and K survive in the archive (RP/1/6/114/26 to RP/1/6/114/31). Although the last of the existing designs, it is not known if this option was chosen or if there were other plans.

An undated ink design on tracing paper, marked ‘Le Moulinet, 5mm/M, 2/2’. The plan shows the area of land in front of the house. Marked ‘2 of 2’, there presumably once existed a plan ‘1 of 2’ which showed the remainder of the grounds (presumably it would have been similar in scope to RP/1/6/114/1). As it shows the circular steps to the north of the chateau, which linked the terrace to the gardens below, it is likely to have been executed after the summer of 1951 (see RP/1/6/114/11).

An undated ink design on tracing paper, marked ‘Garancieres, 2mm/M’. The plan shows the same area of grounds, to the south, east and west of the house as RP/1/6/114/46. The swimming pool appears to be shown (next to the tennis courts); if this is so, presumably it was drawn around or after the second half of 1953. Executed in pen, it may have been produced at the end of the project.