Galeries Lafayette Dome Paris Photograph by Weston Westmoreland

Galeries Lafayette Dome Paris

by Weston Westmoreland

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Title

Galeries Lafayette Dome Paris

Artist

Weston Westmoreland

Medium

Photograph - Photograph

Description

The dome of the Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann. Paris, France.

Cenital view of the crystal dome of the department store building of Galeries Lafayette Haussmann.

This mall defies description. From the outside one would never expect to find such immense open space six stories high and overed wth an absolutely breathtaking cuppola.

In 1893,Théophile Bader and Alphonse Kahn opened a 750 sq ft store in Paris, on the corner of rue La Fayette and Chaussée d’Antin, selling novelty gifts. In 1896, the company purchased the entire buildings at numbers 1, rue La Fayette, 38, 40, and 42 on Boulevard Haussmann, as well as number 15, rue de la Chaussée d’Antin.

Bader appointed the architect Georges Chedanne to head up the first major renovations which were completed in 1907. Ferdinand Chanut, Chedanne's apprentice, designed the store's 141 ft high Neo Byzantine dome. The inauguration ceremony took place in October 1912. The building was renovated with an Art Déco style by an architect named Pierre Patou in 1932. As I said, the result defies description.

As for Paris... what can one say about the City of Light that has not already been said...?

More views of Paris one copy-paste away in my Gallery at http://westonwestmoreland.com/collections/paris

Weston Westmoreland.