Monday, November 27, 2023

THE AMBIANCE OF A BALZAC NOVEL


MEDALS AND SABERS SET THE TONE UNDER THE GARDENS' ARCADES 
(GALÉRIE MONTPENSIER ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GARDENS IF YOU COME FROM THE LOUVRE)

La Galerie numismatique
 N°s 4-5 Galerie Montpensier



Next door, an establishment present since 1790 

Baqueville
Since 1790
N°s 6-7-8



Farther on... 


La Maison de l'Ambre
 N° 15 


Didier Ludot
 N°s 20-24
Vintage, since 1974

Ensuite une galerie qui de 1993 à 2024 montrait de l'art premier digne d'un musée, puis s'est tourné vers des jouet mécaniques du début du 20e siècle : 


Gallery photo
Galérie Ivana Dmitrie
N° 36


Ivana Dimitrie

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On the other side of the garden (galerie Valois) one finds   handbags, belts and shoes made by hand in France


   
Not seeing its name ("Delage") among the Palais-Royal boutiques mentioned on the web, I thought it was gone. But before suppressing the photos, I passed by to see what had replaced it.  

"We're the same! With a workshop and seven craftspeople in Brittany!" said the cheerful owners who greeted me:

          François Croze and Jean-François Célaerio
Délage, now Bégum 
N° 15 
Expensive as one would expect hand-made shoes to be, they are much less so than the brand-name wares shown above (whose prices have risen since I took the picture in 2019).

Next to it is this boutique, since 2023:

  «  Malachite !»

N° 149 

This handful of shops are exceptions
 to the standardized production that invades the garden.  

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