Retail, Enzel Women’s Shoe Store (1920s)

Artist/Designer: Raymond Nicolas

Project Location: Paris, France

Figure 1: Enzel Women's Shoe Store, Raymond Nicolas, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : October 21, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Figure 2: Enzel Women's Shoe Store, Raymond Nicolas, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : October 21, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Figure 3: Enzel Women's Shoe Store, Raymond Nicolas, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : October 21, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Figure 4: Enzel Women's Shoe Store, Raymond Nicolas, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : October 21, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Style/Period(s):
Art Deco, Modern

Primary Material(s):
Textile, Fabric, Metal

Function(s):
Retail Store

Related Website(s):

Smithsonian Libraries | Accessed : October 21, 2018

Significant Date(s):
1920-1929, 1925, 20th Century

Additional Information:
Project Description:
The Enzel women's shoe store was minimal in its design but rich in materials. It was comprised of a metal composite known as "hard aluminum" trim in the ceiling and for the baseboard. The walls were plaster. The vitrine display was crafted of marble blocks (complancin poli) and green velvet upholstery covered the furniture that lined the perimeter of the store.

Publications/Texts in Print:
D'Souza, Aruna. The Invisible Flâneuse?: Gender, Public space and Visual Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2006.

Masset, Claire. Department Stores. London: Shire Publications, 2010.

Miller, Michael. The Bon Marche : Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014.

Building Location:
6 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
75008 Paris, France

Significant Dates:
N/A

Supporting Staff/Designers:
Designer- Raymond Nicolas

Tags:
shoe store, retail, paris, france, therese bonney, smithsonian libraries, raymond nicolas

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