DCXXXIV (post in English) : The entrance hall of a building located somewhere in Rivoli street.

Cet article a été publié en français le 5 août 2009.

On the uneven side of rue de Rivoli, not far from the Saint-Jacques tower, erring from entrance hall to entrance hall, these interesting settings from Napoleon III's reign (1852-1870) can be found. It's a copy of the Fontainebleau school (popular during the 16th century) spiced up with a 19th century sauce. It was a bit clumsy but it was quite fashionable then.

It reminds us that Rivoli street was begun during the reign of Napoleon I (1804-1815) : the section between Concorde square and Palais royal. But, the it was prolonged after 1850 by the will of Baron Haussmann to Saint-Antoine street in the 4th arrondissement. It deeply changed the layout of the 4th arrondissement (which by the way became the 4th arrondissement only in 1860).

This post was first published in French on August 5th, 2009.