Furniture storage, Batiment Perret, Le Mobilier

Furniture storage in the Batiment Perret, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and built 1935-36, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture and administers the Gobelins Manufactory and Beauvais Manufactory, both historic tapestry workshops, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Middle shelf left: day bed of Duchesse da'Angouleme Louis XVI era from Chateau de Saint Cloud, 1804-15, First Empire era. Bottom left: desk with painted winged griffons by Vincent Auriol from the Elysee Palace, 1947-59. The concrete colonnaded building has space for workshops, threshing and washing areas, storage rooms and exhibition halls. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13445653

Media ID

45139738

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7087px x 4724px (8.1MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen