La Saga des Grands Magasins, Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine

 

Yesterday I ran 🏃‍♀️ to see a new exhibit, The Department Stores. 

Seeking escape at la Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine at Trocadero, as a distraction…

Nothing like going shopping 🛍️ to feel better. This is the second part of the April exhibit I showed you from the musée des Arts Décoratifs/MAD.

With a greater emphasis on department store architecture 

Perhaps.

Certainly more expansive,

More space 

More details.

The ‘Golden Age’ of these temples of consumerism,

Stretches from 1850 to 1930. 

These stores revolutionized commerce 

With their monumental architecture 

And merchandising. 

They became models of social organization, 

With a unique employment structure 

And avant-garde commercial vision.

Print by Felix Valloton

Some terrific artworks were created 

Painting by René Lelong

To celebrate 🎉 the phenomenon of the new department stores. 

A wonderful segment on the stained glass cupolas still in les Grands Magasins on boulevard Haussmann.

Fun to see the celebrations 🎉 for the first moving escalator. 

Afterwards I went across the street to Carette to pick up a madeleine…

The Department Stores is on till April 6, 2025. 

A Paris don’t-miss in my opinion.