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Thursday, November 07, 2024

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

 

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

For ‘retail therapy’ 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 greater emphasis on department store architecture 
Perhaps.
Certainly more expansive,
More space 
More details.
The ‘Golden Age’ of the temples of consumerism,
Stretches from 1850 to 1930. 
When department 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.
And Don’t miss visiting my shop 👍
Trocadero place with Eiffel tower


21 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:42 AM

    fascinating!

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  2. Anonymous10:59 AM

    Always "good stuff" Found Department Stores particularly engaging. Thanks...

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  3. Anonymous10:59 AM

    So interesting! Wish I were there to see it! Thanks!

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  4. Anonymous11:01 AM

    Wow!!! Love the information of course, but also have to say you really know how to make your watercolours work for you! The bloom on those dresses is perfectly placed. You commanded …. the paints obeyed! 😍🤩…😘from🇨🇦

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    1. Anonymous11:04 AM

      😊 Thank you! the way to a watercolorist’s heart ❤️

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  5. Anonymous11:15 AM

    Way back at UC Berkeley in 1976 I wrote my senior thesis on “The Rise of the Department Store”……. I wonder if I could even find it it now😳……anyway, thanks for the motivation to get to Paris before March!

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    1. Anonymous9:56 PM

      Very perceptive of you
      Your thesis was in the exhibit 👍

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  6. Anonymous12:29 PM

    Fascinating ...and wonderful post!! Thank you!! Patty, Minneapolis

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    1. Anonymous9:53 PM

      You’re welcome Patty ❤️

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  7. I hear about "retail therapy." Thank you for your contribution. I'm going thrift shopping now because tablescaping is my therapy and I need "non orange" things for my November table as I did for October

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    1. Anonymous9:54 PM

      And orange 🍊 is such a big color in France 🇫🇷
      Think Hermes, Bon Marché, so many chocolatiers !
      Hard to avoid…

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  8. Lynne - Oui! Rien d'Orange !!!

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  9. Thank you for post. We'll be in Paris in February and now this will top our list of exhibitions to see.

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    1. Anonymous9:52 PM

      You won’t be disappointed ❤️

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  10. Anonymous3:39 PM

    Oh those corset! Can you imagine but a very elderly relative years ago could not change the habit of wearing something with 'bones' and ties every day even when she was so tiny she didn't need it and the tugging and pulling to get into it. Even in the 60s girdles were an important undergarment for the proper lady plus those tabs for stockings in the display. Those were the days! Thank you and I love department stores in France!

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    1. Anonymous9:51 PM

      Thanks for the memories 🙏❤️

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  11. Anonymous1:48 AM

    Carol, the painting is fabulous. You always have the best places to visit in Paris. R

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  12. What a great post on a fabulous exhibit! It's fascinating to see how people dressed and what they bought during those times. It was such an event just to go shopping - luxurious!

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  13. This looks like a fun exhibit, and to learn about how new and different the department store was. Love you pairing of the elegant ladies!

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  14. Anonymous7:12 PM

    Interesting world, that of the department stores...SW

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