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Le château en bref
Le Reposoir is a patrician property in Pregny-Chambésy, on the route de Lausanne between Sécheron and Vengeron, on the outskirts of Geneva. The estate has been in the hands of the Pictet family since the 17th century. The principal residence, of classical plan, faces the city and the lake. It was built between 1754 and 1756 for Count Jacques Pictet-Thellusson by Antoine Gibot, then extended in 1786–1788 with two wings and pediments commissioned by Isaac Pictet. The interior decoration (panelling, fireplaces) is attributed to Jean Jaquet, and the salons retain wallpapers from the Parisian manufactory of Réveillon. In 1888–1889, Louis Pictet entrusted Gustave Brocher with the transformation of the interiors, the reconstruction of the outbuildings and the remodelling of the French formal garden; Brocher also designed a neo-Gothic pavilion in 1905. The whole has been listed as a historic monument by the Geneva Council of State since 1956, and was restored in 1986.