Desforges

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Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-05 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-02-24

Identity

Real estate agent or property broker in Nice involved in the Bashkirtseff family's purchase of Villa Carlone in 1874.

Diary References

1874

February 24: Mentioned in connection with the villa purchase on rue de la Préfecture - "il faut aller chez Desforges acheter la villa" [must go to Desforges to buy the villa]

Context

Desforges appears to have been handling the sale of Villa Carlone to the Bashkirtseff family. The transaction involved a property valued at 218,000 francs located on rue de la Préfecture in Nice. His role suggests he was either a notary, real estate agent, or property broker facilitating high-value transactions among the wealthy expatriate community in Nice during the 1870s.

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