Artist/Designer: Pierre Patout
Project Location: Paris, France
Style/Period(s):
Art Deco, Modern
Primary Material(s):
Glass, Metal, Rubber
Function(s):
Retail Store
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
20th Century, 1920-1929, 1927
Additional Information:
Project Description:
The Robert Bély department store, designed by Pierre Patout (1879-1965), exemplified the modern materials and construction of its time. As seen in the photos, the focal point of the store was a wrought-iron staircase. Fixtures, woodwork, and counters were all in black and the walls were painted beige. The floors were done in a light gray slate and blue rubber and above everything was a luminous glass ceiling.
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:
45 Rue des Matherins and Boulevard Haussmann
Paris, France
Significant Dates:
N/A
Supporting Staff/Designers:
N/A
Tags:
art deco, modern, department store, paris, france, Robert Bely department store, pierre patout, therese bonney
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