MEDALS AND SABERS SET THE TONE UNDER THE GARDENS' ARCADES
(GALÉRIE MONTPENSIER IS 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
A few steps on is a gallery of primal arts that from 1993 to 2024 showed works of museum quality, then turned to mechanical toys of the early 20th century.
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Galérie Ivana Dmitrie
N° 36
Ivana Dimitrie
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On the other side of the garden (galerie Valois) are handbags, belts and shoes made by hand in France.
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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).
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Counterstep: a boutique that appeared in 2023 does fit the gardens' original spirit.
Leave the gardens by their farther end...
Adapted from Mappy
Stroll toward this royal place...*
*Italics because this kind of void is specific to France and harks back to royalty, as explained here.
Place des Victoires
And look carefully to come upon
another (almost) preserved oasis.
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