Entrance to Hector Guimard's House, 22 Rue Mozart

This photograph documents the entrance to architect Hector Guimard's own Paris residence, exemplifying Art Nouveau principles applied to domestic architecture. The ornate carved stone portal, with its sweeping organic moldings, demonstrates Guimard's signature approach to architectural detail—forms inspired by natural elements rendered in stone and metal. The modest scale of the entrance, framed within a utilitarian brick facade, shows how Art Nouveau decoration could animate even restrained urban streetscapes. Guimard (1867–1942) became best known for designing Paris's subway station entrances in the 1890s, but his residential commissions reveal the movement's ambitions to transform everyday architectural experience through sculptural ornamentation and flowing, asymmetrical lines.