Author(s):
emonts or emonds, pierre (aix-la-chapelle, 29–03–1831 - after 1912), photographer
other title: halle aux drapiers (inscribed title (letter))
production date: between 1862 and 1905
type(s) of object(s): photography, graphic arts
name(s): photography
materials and techniques: print on albumen paper
dimensions - artwork:
height: 31. 5cm
width: 25. 3cm
dimensions - original assembly:
height: 48. 1cm
width: 31. 7cm
description:
print laminated on old mounting in 49 x 32 cm. Marks, inscriptions, hallmarks:
inscription concerning the title - on the front of the montage, bottom left, in pencil: "halle aux drapiers". \ pencil inscription
dry stamp - on the front of the montage, at the bottom, in the middle: "photography / p. Emonds / r. Du four st germain, 9 / paris". \ inscription in ink
stamp - on the front of the image, bottom right, in red ink: "ville / de / paris". Cf. Lugt suppl. 2012c. Iconographic description:
facade of the office of the drapiers corporation, architectural detail. Go back to the carnavalet museum in the courtyard called “cour des drapiers”, 23 rue de sévigné, 3rd arrondissement. Detail of the high relief representing the nave, symbol of the city of paris in a tondo surrounded by two caryatids supporting a pediment decorated with a woman seated on a background decorated with fleurs-de-lis. The drapers' hall had been built under henri iii and rebuilt, from 1785 to 1790, to the plans of legrand and molinos, framed by the streets of tonnellerie to the west, de la petite-friperie to the north, de la lingerie to the east and de la poterie to the south, 1st arrondissement. The market was destroyed in 1868. Acquisition mode: unknown acquisition mode
institution: carnavalet museum, history of paris
inventory number: ph17454. Date: Entre 1862 et 1905.
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