Fire screen, Citeco, Musee de l'Economie, Hotel
Metal fire screen with a lion and helmet, in the monumental 15th century Venetian fireplace in the Petit Salon, in Citeco, Musee de la'Economie, a new interactive museum on the economy, opened June 2019, in the Hotel Gaillard, on the Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Hotel Gaillard was built 1878-82 by architect Jules Fevrier in Neo Renaissance style for the banker Emile Gaillard, and later became a branch of the Banque de France. Originally the Petit Salon was hung with Emilie Gaillard's collection of gilded leather wall hangings and paintings. It was used for family evenings and intimate gatherings, and then a reception area when the building became a bank. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
