LA MAISON DE VERRE

The Maison de Verre  (House of Glass) was designed in the late 1920's in Paris by Pierre Chareau.
Behind the translucent glass-block facade hides an interior  like no other. The photography by Francois Halard  that illustrates the book La Maison de Verre (published by Thames & Hudson) captures the genius and beauty of the structure and it's contents as it must have been intended by Chareau. I will let the photographs speak for themselves.

DEYROLLE PARIS

 Deyrolle at 46 rue du Bac in Saint Germain is considered by many a Parisian treasure.

 Though best known for its taxidermy collection today  it was founded in 1831 and also specialized in natural history publications, fossils, minerals, botanical specimens, shells and  microscopes. It was the age of the  amateur naturalist and a place where one could purchase (and still can) all manner of curiosities.

Along with photographs I've included some examples of early specimen labels which I find equally interesting.