A STUDY ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF MADAME DE GOURGUES'S HOTEL : 18th century French women's spaces defined in terms of furniture disposition

This study is an attempt to reproduce the original plan and the furniture disposition of Madame de Gourgues's hotel based principally on her inventory after death, and also to define the characteristics of the French women's living spaces in the 18th century. Madame de Gourgues, who was a typically aristocratic woman in Paris in the 18th century, built her hotel on Saint Dominique Street in accordance with her request. The observation of the original plan focused on the interior design and the furniture showed that Madame de Gourgues's residence was divided into the reception zone and the private zone. Our analysis have shown that she was not concerned about the reception zone, but particularly about the private zone in her hotel.