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Image from page 24 of "Paris herself again in 1878-9" (1879)

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Title: Paris herself again in 1878-9

Year: 1879 (1870s)

Authors: Sala, George Augustus, 1828-1895

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Publisher: London : Remington and Co.

Contributing Library: University of California Libraries

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I \ BAHOUCIIE a LUIT RESSORTS IT LoNGOHAMP. II. IO

 

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• 3LIN-M VILLARD. II. THE SEAMY SIDE OF PARIS LIFE. Sept. 25. Suppose that in wandering through that wonderful RetrospectiveMuseum at the Trocadero—a treasury so full of triumphs of an-cient, of mediaeval, of Renaissance, and of last-century art-work-manship that the modern craftsman in gold and silver and thebaser metals, in ceramics, in glass, in enamel, in damascening,and in wood and ivory carving, may well-nigh despair of beingable to approach the antique models—suppose we halt before thissuperb piece of Beauvais tapestry. The Gobelins never turnedout a finer example of the arras-workers art. The scene depictedis, say, a. fete cliampetre, after Watteau. Observe, if you please,the symmetrical drawing and harmonious grouping of the slimyouths and dainty dames who are indulging in the pastime ofcolin-mattlard on a verdant lawn bordered by parterres of gayestflowers, and canopied by the interlacing boughs of tall old trees,through the leafy livery of which the afternoon sun glin

 

 

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Taken circa 1879