The Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James is a former

hôtel particulier () is the French term for a grand urban mansion, comparable to a Townhouse (Great Britain), British townhouse. Whereas an ordinary (house) was built as part of a row, sharing party walls with the houses on either side and directly fronting on a ...

located at no 12,

place Vendôme The Place Vendôme (), earlier known as the Place Louis-le-Grand, and also as the Place Internationale, is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madelein ...

in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. Built in 1702, for the doctor of the Sorbonne, Louis Dublineau, by the architect Jacques V Gabriel, it owes its name to

Claude Baudard de Saint-James Claude Baudard de Saint-James (May 7, 1738 in Angers – July 5, 1787 in Paris), baron of Sainte-Gemmes, lord of Murs, Mont-Saint-Père, Crézancy, Gland and Chartèves, was a French financier of the 18th century. Biography He was the son o ...

, who was its second owner. The hotel has decorations created in 1777 by

François-Joseph Bélanger François-Joseph Bélanger (; 12 April 1744 – 1 May 1818) was a French architect and decorator working in the Neoclassicism, Neoclassic style. Life Born in Paris, Bélanger attended the Académie Royale d'Architecture (1764–1766) whe ...

and the painter

Jean-Jacques Lagrenée Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (18 September 1739 in Paris – 13 February 1821 in Paris), known as ''the younger'', was a French history painter History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or ...

. In 1849, the Polish composer Chopin died at the Hôtel Baudard de Saint-James. It is now owned by the

Crédit Foncier de France Crédit Foncier de France (, CFF) was a major French bank, active from 1852 to 2019 when its activities were entirely subsumed into Groupe BPCE, although the brand name appears to remain active. History The Crédit Foncier (English: landed cre ...

and is occupied by the jeweler

Chaumet Chaumet () is a French luxury goods, luxury jewellery and watch house based in Paris. Chaumet is a jewellery and Watchmaker, watchmaking designer founded in 1780 by Marie-Étienne Nitot. Fourteen artisans ply their trade in the workshop on Pla ...

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Hôtels particuliers in Paris Houses completed in 1702 {{France-struct-stub