The Château de Trousse-Barrière is a historic manor in

Briare Briare (, also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. The composer and organist Henri Nibelle (1883–1967) was born in Briare. Briare, the ''Brivodorum'' ...

Loiret Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.

Indre-et-Loire Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River. In 2019, it had a population of 610,079.Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (; ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen Regions of France, administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley in the interior ...

, France.

History

It was built from 1885 to 1890 for Paul Yver, the brother-in-law of business tycoon Jean-Félix Bapterosses, the owner of the

Emaux de Briare Emaux de Briare is a French company specializing today in mosaics. Whilst the manufactory in Briare originally started with earthenware pottery, the factory founded in Paris by Jean-Félix Bapterosses (1813–1885) initially began manufacturing ...

. The ceiling in the lounge was painted by

Henri Harpignies Henri-Joseph Harpignies (; June 28, 1819 – August 28, 1916) was a French landscape painter of the Barbizon school. Life He was born at Valenciennes. His parents intended for him to pursue a business career, but his determination to become ...

.Jean-Pierre Roth, ''Le Giennois industriel 1821 à 2001'', Gien: Imprimerie Jeanne d'Arc, 2002, p. 29 After invitation the Austrian artist Adam Jankowski worked there for one year.

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Châteaux in Loiret Château de Trousse-Barrière {{France-castle-stub