Retail, La Grand Maison de Blanc (1920s)

Artist/Designer:

Project Location: Paris, France

Figure 1: Exhibition display, La Grand Maison de Blanc department store, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : December 1, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Figure 2: Exhibition display, La Grand Maison de Blanc department store, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : December 1, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Figure 3: Exhibition display, La Grand Maison de Blanc department store, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : December 1, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Figure 4: Exhibition display, La Grand Maison de Blanc department store, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : December 1, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Figure 5: Exhibition display, La Grand Maison de Blanc department store, Paris, France, 1925. ( Source | Accessed : December 1, 2018 | Photographer: Thérèse Bonney )

Style/Period(s):
Art Deco

Primary Material(s):
Glass, Stone

Function(s):
Retail Store

Related Website(s):

Smithsonian Libraries | Accessed : December 1, 2018

BBC The History of the Department Store | Accessed : December 1, 2018

Wikipedia Department Stores | Accessed : December 1, 2018

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
Project Description:
These images depict window displays and exhibitions from the Le Grand Maison de Blanc department store in Paris throughout the 1920s. The first two images show the floor covered in white linen with female nude sculptures positioned on top. Image 3 is a winter scene with geometric trees and reindeer formations.
The fourth image is a palissandre and maple cabinet designed by Jacques Adnet and made by Compagnie des Arts Francais. It was also shown at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs in 1926.
Lastly, we see a shop window for Le Grand Maison de Blanc depicting a garden scene executed in handkerchiefs. Positioned in the display, children mannequins wear the handkerchiefs and dance about a pool.

Publications/Texts in Print:
Miller, Michael. The Bon Marche: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, 1869-1920. NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 2014.

Whitaker, Jan. The Department Store: History, Design, Display. London: Thames & Hudson, 2011.

William, John. A History of the Department Store. NY: Macmillan, 1960.

Building Location:
6 Boulevard des Capucines
75009 Paris, France

Significant Dates:
N/A

Supporting Staff/Designers:

Tags:
department store, paris, france, retail, window displays, vitrine, display

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