• Édouard Baldus (photographer)

Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries. Motifs de décorations tirés des constructions exécutées au nouveau Louvre et au palais des Tuileries sous la direction de M.H.-M. Lefuel, architecte de l'empereur

1869-1871

Album containing 100 photogravures made from photographs by Baldus following a special process of his own, that would restore them on the reverse side. Malcolm Daniel writes: "Baldus's Louvre photographs found their final incarnation in a gravure publication 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries'. The three volumes in this set largely parallel the albums that Baldus had made earlier for the Minister of State; again the majority of the images are of sculptural and ornamental details from the New Louvre, but statuary and ornament from the Tuileries Palace and Gardens are also included. The first edition of the 'Palais du Louvre et des Tuileries', published by Baldus himself, was offered for sale in fascicles beginning in late 1869, and the series was completed by the end of 1871. Two volumes, each with 100 plates, focused on interior and exterior decoration. Because of the success of the first two volumes, a third, showing both interior and exterior motifs was produced, and the three-volume set was published by Morel in 1875." ('History of Photography', p. 120-121).
In this album, views show sculptural and ornamental details (mostly fragments) of the models made for decoration of the Salon Théâtre, the dining room, the Salon d'Angle, the Galerie d'Introduction, the staircase of the library, the Salon de Famille and the Grands Appartements of the Minister of State; the Manège and the Grand staircase for the Pavillon Mollien of the New Louvre; the Galerie d'Apollon and the Grand staircase and Appartements des Tuileries.

Photogravures

album: 45,5 x 35 cm comps. (smallest): 7,6 x 15 x 4,3 cm comps. (largest): 16,7 x 31,4 cm secondary supports: 44,5 x 31,2 cm

PH1978:0038:002

- Non-contemporary binding consists of 3/4 beige cloth-covered boards and 1/4 light beige cloth-covered spine

imprinted, numbered and signed imprinted title page: PALAIS DU LOUVRE ET DES TUILERIES / MOTIFS DE DÉCORATIONS / tirés des Constructions / exécutées au NOUVEAU LOUVRE et au PALAIS des TUILERIES / sous la direction de MR. H. LEFUEL / Architecte de l'EMPEREUR / HÉLIOGRAVURE PAR E. BALDUS / 17, RUE D'ASSAS, PARIS /

Paris France

• architecture
• ornament
• sculpture

• doors
• figures (representations)
• living room
• dining room
• palaces
• friezes (ornamental bands)
• fragments
• staircase
• cornices
• entablatures
• pediments
• ceiling
• panels (ornament areas)
• apartments
• library
• molding (object component)
• motifs
• capital (column component)
• shield (motif)
• decorations
• casts (sculpture)
• panel doors
• transom (opening component)