Plates of architectural décor used at the Castel Béranger, an Art Nouveau era apartment building built in Paris in the late 1890s. Taken from the 1898 work by Hector Guimard “Le Castel Béranger,” Guimard having been the architect. French. Collections of the Wolfsonian-FIU Rare Books and Special Collections Library in Florida.

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"Plan de la mosaique du Vestibule (second corps de batiment)." Plate 28, figures 1-7.
“Plan de la mosaique du Vestibule (second corps de batiment).” Plate 28, figures 1-7. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF048832/00001/40?search=hector+%3dguimard
"Detail de l'encorbellement du bow-window sur grande cour (Second corps de batiment)." Plate 17.
“Detail de l’encorbellement du bow-window sur grande cour (Second corps de batiment).” Plate 17. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF048832/00001/29?search=hector+%3dguimard
"Entree principale de I'immeuble." Plate 4.
“Entree principale de I’immeuble.” Plate 4. Image © 2017 The Wolfsonian—Florida International University. Fair use license. via https://digital.wolfsonian.org/WOLF048832/00001/thumbs?search=hector+%3dguimard

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