Hôtel de Coulanges, Private mansion in the Marais, Paris, France

The Hôtel de Coulanges stands at 35–37 rue des Francs-Bourgeois in the Marais, not on Place des Vosges. Its tall stone facade rises three storeys to a slate roof with three dormer windows; six tall mullioned windows per level face a narrow paved courtyard. A 1707 rocaille portal has a bearded man's mascaron on the street side and a woman's on the courtyard side.

Built for Jean-Baptiste Scarron between 1627 and 1634, the mansion was bought in 1640 by Philippe de Coulanges, whose granddaughter Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, the future Madame de Sévigné, lived there until her marriage in 1644. From 1662 to 1703 it served as the petit hôtel Le Tellier, and in 1707 Edme Beaugier rebuilt the street wing in its present form.

The mansion became known as the "petit hôtel Le Tellier" from 1662 to 1703, when Michel Le Tellier bought it from his nephew to house his staff. According to the Mémoires du marquis de Sourches, Madame Darbon raised six of Louis XIV's children by Madame de Montespan there without Le Tellier's knowledge. The name Coulanges comes from the family that owned it from 1640 to 1662.

The mansion stands at 35-37 rue des Francs-Bourgeois in the Marais, not on Place des Vosges. From the street you see the 1707 rocaille portal, whose keystone mascaron shows a bearded man on the street side and a woman on the courtyard side. The building now houses the Dover Street Market concept store, so entry depends on its opening as a shop.

The 1707 portal's keystone mascaron shows a bearded man on the street side and a woman on the courtyard side. Inside, a 17th-century service stair survives on the left, and some upper rooms keep 18th-century cornices, double doors and Versailles parquet floors.