A FRACTION OF THE BALZACIAN SPIRIT REMAINS

 

A HANDFUL OF BOUTIQUES ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE STANDARDIZATION THAT HAS INVADED THE GARDEN

At galerie Montpensier, the arcades on the left as you come from the Louvre... 

• Medals and sabers

La Galerie numismatique

 N°s 4-5

Baqueville

Since 1790

N°s 6-7-8

• Amber and vintage

La Maison de l'Ambre

 N° 15 


Didier Ludot

 N°s 20-24

Since 1974

• A boutique that sells a brand (of glasses), but whose decor expresses the former spirit of the site:

Selima Optique

 43 Galerie Montpensier

Boutiques in New York and Los Angeles

•  Gloves that have been here for a century

Maison Fabre

128 Galerie Valois

Since 1924

• The only boutique, like that with which we began and that recently closed,  is a personal creation and whose conceptrice is permanently present: 

 Ivana Dmitrie

Galerie Ivana Dmitrie

N° 36

From 1993 to 2024 it proposed primal art worthy of a museum, now mechanical toys of the early 20th century that have become collectors' items.  

Photo prise par la galerie

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The arcades on the other side of the garden end with exhibits by the Ministry of Culture, this one of figures who have marked the city's culture. 

Johnny Halliday, Baudelaire, Monet, Isabelle Huppert, Josephine Baker...

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