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COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Samaritaine [department store]
Image View:
South and east façades, general view, from the southeast across the Seine
Creator:
Henri Sauvage (French architect, 1873-1932)
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Date:
1926-1929 (creation)
Cultural Context:
French
Style Period:
Art Deco; Art Nouveau
Work Type 1:
department store
Classification:
architecture
Material:
stone; glass; iron
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade
Description:
From 1926 to 1929 he worked in collaboration with Frantz Jourdain to extend the Samaritaine department store, whose Art Deco façade became a familiar landmark among the buildings bordering the Seine. Interiors have Art Nouveau detailing. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-SH-S-A1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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