Stained glass dome, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France

Galeries Lafayette is a famous department store in Paris, founded at the end of the nineteenth century. Every year, millions of shoppers visit its... more

by Joe Vella

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Stained glass dome, Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France

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Joe Vella

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Photograph - Photography

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Galeries Lafayette is a famous department store in Paris, founded at the end of the nineteenth century. Every year, millions of shoppers visit its main store at the Boulevard Haussmann, a ten story building crowned with a magnificent glass and iron dome.
In December 1893 cousins Théophile Bader and Alphonse Kahn opened a haberdashery (a store selling sewing material), which was called 'Aux Galeries Lafayette'. The name of the store referred to its original address at rue La Fayette, at walking distance from the Opera Garnier. They soon started to produce and sell their own fashion. The store expanded rapidly with the purchase of several buildings across the street and Galeries Lafayette evolved into a major department store, selling a whole range of products.
In 1905 Bader commissioned French architect Georges Chedanne with the redesign of the newly purchased buildings, a process that was completed in 1907. A few years later the complex was expanded into the structure that we know today by Ferdinand Chanut, a pupil of Chedanne.
The 'Grand Magasin' (department store) officially opened in 1912. The most striking feature of the building is the monumental dome with colored glass and wrought iron, which was created by Chanut. The dome gave the building the nickname 'Magasin Coupole' (domed store).

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November 10th, 2020