Carnavalet Museum Photos

Musée Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum) (1548 & c1660) (23 Rue de Sévigné) aka Museum of the History of Paris provides a comprehensive social history of Paris from the Renaissance through the early part of the 20thC, with emphasis on the Louis XIV period, the French Revolution, belle époque & first years of 20thC. Exhibits include paintings, furnishings, including entire rooms from demolished hotels, mansions & shops and shop signs drawn from various periods.

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Carnavalet Museum Buildings & Saved-Architecture Mansard roof of Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Courtyard seen through window panes at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Ballroom of Wendel Hotel by Catalan artist José-Maria Sert at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
Mucha's Boutique Fouquet - Carnavalet Museum Art Nouveau figure designed by Alphonse Mucha on storefront of Boutique Fouquet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Peacocks, stained glass & circular shop counter all in Art Nouveau style, in Boutique Fouquet at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Corner details of Boutique Fouquet furnished & decorated in Art Nouveau style at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
Mauve Salon - Carnavalet Museum Mauve Salon, private dining room in Art Nouveau style, at the Café de Paris created by Henri Sauvage at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Art Nouveau furniture by Henri Sauvage from the Café de Paris Mauve Salon at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Art Nouveau wall table, mirror, candlesticks & clock from Café de Paris by Henri Sauvage at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
Paris Shop Signs - Carnavalet Museum Gold crown sign advertising an inn from Bourbon Restoration era at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France À La Bonne Rénommée i.e. To the Good Name shop sign at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Tobacco of the Great Conqueror tobacco merchant sign showing Napoleon riding across flags of Italy, Prussia, Russia & Turkey at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
French Revolution - Carnavalet Museum Citizen Nau-Deville dressed in National Guard uniform with partly demolished Bastille behind him painting by Jean-François Bellier at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Elderly couple in Revolutionary dress with rosettes painting on ivory at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Jean-Paul Marat assassinated July 1793 & considered Martyr of French Revolution portrait by Joseph Boze at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
Paris City Evolution - Carnavalet Museum Statue of Liberty of Bartholdi in the workshops Gaget-Gauthier, rue de Chazelles painting by Victor Dargaud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Entrance to the Universal Exposition of 1889 with Eiffel Tower painting by Jean Béraud at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Working on Metropolitain at Place Saint-Michel by Georges Souilletat Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
Parisian Portraits - Carnavalet Museum Georges Bizet, composer of the operas, Pearl Fishers & Carmen painting by Félix-Henri Giacomotti at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Elegant Woman at Place de la Concorde painting by Louise Abbéma at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Parisian Lady & Gentleman mosaic tile from Café Riche from a work by Jean-Louis Forain at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
Carnavalet Museum Decorative Arts Walnut broken duchess chair - one part of which can be used as chair or footstool - by Sylvain Blanchard at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Lyre shaped clock with gilded bronze, white marble, enamel & glass by Charles Bertrand at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France Earthenware dish painted with two people ascending in Blanchard balloon with parachute & steering made by Faience d'Ancy-le-Franc at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France
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