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[Hotel Desmarests, Paris, ca. 1800: complete floor plan; pl. 379] – Antique Wall Art

[Hotel Desmarests, Paris, ca. 1800: complete floor plan; pl. 379], [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving
[Hotel Desmarests, Paris, ca. 1800: complete floor plan; pl. 379], [no date recorded on caption card]. Antique engraving from the Taverns & Saloons collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique engraving captures [Hotel Desmarests, Paris, ca. 1800: complete floor plan; pl. 379] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Hotel Desmarests, Paris, ca. 1800: complete floor plan; pl. 379]

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Rather than an exterior view, this engraving sets out the complete floor plan of the Hotel Desmarests in Paris, showing how its rooms were arranged from one end to the other. It is plate 379 from a large architectural survey, and the caption card places it around 1800, though the record gives no firm date. Plans like this were studied by architects and students, who used them to see how grand town houses organized entrances, stairs, and principal rooms. The sheet is worth a close look for its precision, since the fine engraved lines record walls and openings in detail.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesIllus. in: J.F. Blondel, Architecture francaise. Reference copy may be in SSF - Architecture. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Publ. Ind.; Arch.; Hotels; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,084 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142073

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