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Sculptural detail, Citeco, Musee de l’Economie, Hotel Gaillard, Paris, France

Portrait sculpture as Emile Gaillard as a winged creature at the end of the handrail of the Well Staircase, a romantic interpretation of a medieval and Renaissance architectural feature, featuring a spiral staircase, a pulley mimicking that of a well, and a structure resembling an upturned boat, in Citeco, Musee de l’Economie, a new interactive museum on the economy, opened June 2019, in the Hotel Gaillard, on the Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The staircase windows originally looked out on to the inner courtyard, a feature which was reinstalled during recent works. The Hotel Gaillard was built 1878-82 by architect Jules Fevrier in Neo Renaissance style for the banker Emile Gaillard, and later became a branch of the Banque de France. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Portrait sculpture as Emile Gaillard as a winged creature at the end of the handrail of the Well Staircase, a romantic interpretation of a medieval and Renaissance architectural feature, featuring a spiral staircase, a pulley mimicking that of a well, and a structure resembling an upturned boat, in Citeco, Musee de l’Economie, a new interactive museum on the economy, opened June 2019, in the Hotel Gaillard, on the Place du General Catroux, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. The staircase windows originally looked out on to the inner courtyard, a feature which was reinstalled during recent works. The Hotel Gaillard was built 1878-82 by architect Jules Fevrier in Neo Renaissance style for the banker Emile Gaillard, and later became a branch of the Banque de France. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen