Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Samaritaine [department store]

Preferred Title: 
Samaritaine [department store]
Image View: 
Interior, general view, depicting the large open space and glass ceiling
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: 
interiorbusiness, commerce and trade; interior; light court; skylight
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-B1
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.