Architecture Around the World

2004 photos - La Samaritaine Department Store
Paris, France
Original store:
1869

Art Nouveau redesign:

1903

 Art Deco  redesign:

1933
Department store closed:
2005, the year after these photographs were taken
Name origin:
"The name La Samaritaine ("the Samaritan Woman") comes from a hydraulic pump installed near the Pont Neuf, which operated from 1609 to 1813. The front of the pump featured a gilded bas-relief of the Samaritan Woman drawing water for Jesus at the well as described in the fourth chapter of John's Gospel." - Wikipedia (Jan. 2012)

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Art Deco style

Art Deco geometric shapes

 

Reminiscent of of 1903-07 Art Nouveau styling

 

 

Wall sconce

Main entrance from the inside

       

Interior

Interior

Interior

Interior

1903-07 Art Nouveau styling


 

 

 

 

1903-07 Art Nouveau styling




 

Skylight




The store, a very small boutique, was first opened in 1869 by Ernest Cognacq and his wife Marie-Louise Ja˙. Through the steady acquisition of neighboring buildings, Ernest Cognacq regularly expanded what could no longer be called a "boutique." The surrounding city blocks were entirely reworked and reconstructed progressively from 1883 to 1933.

Between 1903 and 1907, this work was taken on by the architect Frantz Jourdain, who applied an Art Nouveau aesthetic to the building.. Further structural changes were successfully completed in 1933 by Henri Sauvage who, in his turn, reworked the architecture to reflect the aesthetic principles of Art Deco style. The result was an eleven-story department store, one that is today considered a historical monument.

- Wikipedia: La Samaritaine  (Jan. 2012)


Photos and their arrangement © 2004 Chuck LaChiusa
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