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Les musées de la Ville de Paris

Despatys, Pierre · 1901 · Paris : Librarie artistique : Ch. Tallandier · 18 pictures

A French photographic survey of the museums of the City of Paris, published in Paris in 1901 by Librairie artistique and Ch. Tallandier and written by Pierre Despatys for an art-minded general readership. The sepia photographs show gallery interiors hung with framed paintings and tapestries, plus monumental museum facades with domes, colonnades and sculpted entrances, offering a designer useful references for classical architectural setting and period museum display.

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