▁home ▁for ▁his ▁family ▁by ▁the ▁artist ▁Frederick ▁McC ub bin ▁( 1 8 5 5 - 1 9 1 7 ). ▁He ▁named ▁it ▁after ▁the ▁for ests ▁near ▁Paris ▁where ▁the ▁Barb izon ▁pain ters ▁had ▁worked . ▁The ▁McC ub bin ▁family ▁lived ▁there ▁for ▁five ▁years , ▁with ▁McC ub bin ▁continu ing ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁Melbourne ▁but ▁sp ending ▁week ends ▁and ▁hol id ays ▁at ▁Font aine ble au , ▁even ▁after ▁the ▁family ' s ▁move ▁back ▁to ▁Melbourne ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁Kar ori ▁a ▁ ▁hill ▁station ▁property ▁on ▁the ▁Southern ▁s lop es ▁of ▁Mount ▁Mac ed on . ▁Kar ori ▁was ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁as ▁the ▁summer ▁retre at ▁of ▁Charles ▁William ▁Chap man , ▁a ▁min ing ▁and ▁past oral ▁invest or ▁from ▁New ▁Zealand ▁( N Z ). ▁Chap man ▁imported ▁many ▁materials ▁for ▁the ▁house ▁and ▁trees ▁for ▁the ▁garden . ▁He ▁also ▁brought ▁over ▁Italian - born ▁and ▁N Z - based ▁architect ▁Louis ▁B old ini ▁to ▁design ▁the ▁house , ▁which ▁be ars ▁some ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁the ▁highly ▁decor ative ▁wooden ▁homes ▁found ▁in ▁N Z . ▁B old ini , ▁who ▁designed ▁many ▁buildings ▁in ▁Dun ed in ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁also ▁designed ▁nearby ▁guest house ▁Bra em ar , ▁in ▁which ▁Chap man ▁also ▁held ▁a ▁financial ▁interest . ▁Mar n anie ▁entered ▁through ▁a ▁long ▁drive way ▁under