Album titled "Le nouvel Opéra de Paris: Bronzes, candélabres, lustres, torchères, appliques, lampadaires par Charles Garnier"

People:

Louis-Émile Durandelle (photographer)
Charles Garnier (architect)

Title:

Album titled "Le nouvel Opéra de Paris: Bronzes, candélabres, lustres, torchères, appliques, lampadaires par Charles Garnier"

Date:

published 1875

Description:

Album has title page titled as follows:
Le/Nouvel Opéra/de Paris/Bronzes/Candélabres/Lustres/Torchères - Appliques - Lampadaires/par/Charles Garnier/Architecte, Membre de L'Institut/D & Cie./Paris/Librairie Générale de l'Architecture et des Travaux Publics/Ducher et Cie/Éditeurs/51, rue des Écoles, 51/1875

The album comprises a list of plates (Table des planches):

Lustres
1. - Grand foyer
2. - Salle
3. - Foyer de la danse

Torchères
4. - Balustrades extérieures (H. Chabaud, statuaire)
5. - Balustrades extérieures (H. Chabaud, statuaire)

Candélabres
6. - Grand vestibule d'entrée
7. - Perron extérieur
8. - Trottoir extérieur
9. - Descente à couvert
10. - Rampe douce du pavillon du chef de l'État
11. - Loggia
12. - Grand escalier. - Sur les consoles
13. - Au-dessous des voûtes rampantes
14. - Petit salon du foyer. - Sur les meubles
15. - Escaliers secondaires. - Sur les gaînes

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints

Dimensions:

album: 61.6 x 44.1 x 2.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0162.01:001-015

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of green and blue marbled paper-covered boards with red leather spine and corners, and gilt decoration.

Inscription:

imprinted, in black ink, on title page: "LE / NOUVEL OPÉRA / DE PARIS / BRONZES / CANDÉLABRES / LUSTRES / TORCHÈRES - APPLIQUES - LAMPADAIRES / PAR / CHARLES GARNIER / ARCHITECTE, MEMBRE DE L'INSTITUT / D et Cie: / PARIS / LIBRAIRIE GÉNÉRALE DE L'ARCHITECTURE ET DES TRAVAUX PUBLICS / DUCHER ET Cie / ÉDITEURS / 51, RUE DES ÉCOLES, 51 / 1875"; punched, c.r.: "GS of M[?]T / LIBRARY / N Y / 155022"; inscribeb, by an unknown hand, in black ink, c.l.: "G / 8933 /f [library classification number ?]"; stamped, in blue ink, c.l. and c.r.: "155022"; imprinted, in black ink, on the table of plates: "[plate numbers and titles]"; b. "Paris. - Impr. J. CLAYE. - A. QUANTIN et Cie, rue Saint-Benoit. [1292]"

Location:

Paris France

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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