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  • La Cite de la Mode et du Design, or City of Fashion and Design, designed by Jakob + MacFarlane, opened 2010, on the quai d'Austerlitz, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building houses the Institut Francais de la Mode and Art Ludique. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, a museum showcasing historical and contemporary design, part of the Smithsonian Institution, on Museum Mile in Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. The museum was originally founded in 1896 as the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, in the Andrew Carnegie mansion, a Georgian style mansion built 1899-1902. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Design for a Louis XV style carpet, from the Bibliotheque Nationale collection, being used in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shop windows with a stuffed tiger and other taxidermy animals for sale at Design et Nature on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of stuffed birds for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Display of birds, butterflies and beetles in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • White tiger and other taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Taxidermy animals for sale in the Design et Nature shop on Rue d'Aboukir, in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, France. The shop specialises in entomology, osteology and taxidermy and sells to collectors and designers worldwide. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stage curtain design, drawing with watercolour, 1966-67, for La Flute Enchantee or The Magic Flute, an opera by Mozart, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, copyright ADAGP, in the exhibition Marc Chagall : Le Triomphe de la Musique, in the Philharmonie de Paris. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stage curtain design, painting, 1945, for l'Oiseau de Feu or The Firebird, in gouache, ink, pastel, coloured pencils and gold paper, on board, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, in a private collection, copyright ADAGP. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work. In 1945 he was asked to create sets and costumes for the New York City Ballet's production of Firebird, a ballet and orchestral concert work by Stravinsky, originally written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance hall with concrete pillar supporting the structure, allowing the space to be open and flexible, and living room furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, and concrete pillar in the hallway supporting the structure, allowing the space to be open and flexible, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Living room with dining table and chairs by the windows, and study behind, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Kitchen with integrated appliances, and living room with furniture suite by Rene Gabriel, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Study, with red wall, early 1950s furniture and modern typewriter, in the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stairwell lined in concrete, leading to the Historic Show Flat, on the first floor of an ISAI or Immeubles Sans Affectation Individuelle apartment block, designed from 1946 by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, who led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII, Le Havre, Normandy, France. The apartment, of early 1950s design, used all modern conveniences, including internal kitchen and bathroom, contemporary mass produced oak furniture, natural light flowing from front and back, children's study bedroom, central heating and domestic appliances such as vacuum cleaners and refrigerators. Rene Gabriel and Marcel Gascoin designed the furniture in Scandinavian style, which came to typify reconstruction design. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman weaving a tapestry on a loom, with traced design underneath, in the Atelier Basse Lisse, workshop making tapestries of smooth base on horizontal looms, in the Manufacture Nationale de Beauvais, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The basse lisse technique was developed in the 18th century and involves moving warp threads using pedals while passing a wooden flute through while following the design. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman weaving a tapestry on a loom, with traced design under threads, in the Atelier Basse Lisse, workshop making tapestries of smooth base on horizontal looms, in the Manufacture Nationale de Beauvais, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The basse lisse technique was developed in the 18th century and involves moving warp threads using pedals while passing a wooden flute through while following the design. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ring, consisting of 3 square profile rings in yellow gold with rubies and diamonds, from the Eboulis Collection, by Thierry Vendome, jeweller, Paris, France. In this latest collection, the shapes and rhythms of the stones themselves have inspired the design of the modular rings, with organic, gravity-defying flow. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Poppy Fuller Abbot, a weaver and textile artist, at work sketching a design in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Poppy creates abstract textile designs often inspired by magic, and has an experimental approach, using sustainable paper yarn and natural dyes in her textiles. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Poppy Fuller Abbot, a weaver and textile artist, at work sketching a design in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Poppy creates abstract textile designs often inspired by magic, and has an experimental approach, using sustainable paper yarn and natural dyes in her textiles. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Poppy Fuller Abbot, a weaver and textile artist, at work sketching a design in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Poppy creates abstract textile designs often inspired by magic, and has an experimental approach, using sustainable paper yarn and natural dyes in her textiles. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ledoux's second plan of the Saline Royale, a semicircular design, approved by King Louis XV in 1773, engraving, exhibited at the Royal Saltworks or Saline Royale, begun 1775 in Neoclassical style by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, at Arc-et-Senans, Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. The saltworks site is designed in a semicircle, with the Director's House, 2 saltworks containing drying ovens, heating pots and salt stores, workers' accommodation and Director's stables. An Ideal City was also planned but never built. The site is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.  © Collection Saline Royale / Collection Manuel Cohen
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  • Staircase and pebble mosaic floor resembling fabric design, in the hall of the Residence Lucien Paye, designed by Jean Vernon, Bruno Philippe and Albert Laprade, 1883-1978, and inaugurated 1949, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. Originally the Overseas French Territories House, the building was later used to house students from Sub-Saharan African countries. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. L'autorisation de reproduire cette œuvre doit etre demandee aupres de l'ADAGP/Permission to reproduce this work of art must be obtained from DACS.
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  • Checking the overhead design while weaving a contemporary rug in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marking up the design on the warp threads while weaving a contemporary rug in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry weaving in progress, and the design, in the Atelier Haute Lisse at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The haute lisse technique has been used at Les Gobelins since 1826, where tapestries are woven by hand on vertical looms, by weaving the weft threads between the vertical warps, using mirrors to check the progress and a traced pattern behind. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry in progress, with pink wool on brooches and the design inked on the warp threads, in the Atelier Haute Lisse at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The haute lisse technique has been used at Les Gobelins since 1826, where tapestries are woven by hand on vertical looms, by weaving the weft threads between the vertical warps, using mirrors to check the progress and a traced pattern behind. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tapestry in progress, with pink wool on brooches and the design inked on the warp threads, in the Atelier Haute Lisse at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The haute lisse technique has been used at Les Gobelins since 1826, where tapestries are woven by hand on vertical looms, by weaving the weft threads between the vertical warps, using mirrors to check the progress and a traced pattern behind. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Reverse of a tapestry in progress, with design inked on to the warp threads, and brooches of coloured wool hanging, in the Atelier Haute Lisse at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The haute lisse technique has been used at Les Gobelins since 1826, where tapestries are woven by hand on vertical looms, by weaving the weft threads between the vertical warps, using mirrors to check the progress and a traced pattern behind. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Comb, section of tapestry in progress and a traced design, in the Atelier Haute Lisse at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The haute lisse technique has been used at Les Gobelins since 1826, where tapestries are woven by hand on vertical looms, by weaving the weft threads between the vertical warps, using mirrors to check the progress and a traced pattern behind. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Section of grey tapestry in progress, with design inked on the warp threads, in the Atelier Haute Lisse at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The haute lisse technique has been used at Les Gobelins since 1826, where tapestries are woven by hand on vertical looms, by weaving the weft threads between the vertical warps, using mirrors to check the progress and a traced pattern behind. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman weaving a tapestry on a loom, using a mirror to check the front which is underneath the warp threads, in the Atelier Basse Lisse, workshop making tapestries of smooth base on horizontal looms, in the Manufacture Nationale de Beauvais, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The basse lisse technique was developed in the 18th century and involves moving warp threads using pedals while passing a wooden flute through while following the design. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Women weaving a tapestry on a loom, in the Atelier Basse Lisse, workshop making tapestries of smooth base on horizontal looms, in the Manufacture Nationale de Beauvais, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The basse lisse technique was developed in the 18th century and involves moving warp threads using pedals while passing a wooden flute through while following the design. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman weaving a tapestry on a loom, in the Atelier Basse Lisse, workshop making tapestries of smooth base on horizontal looms, in the Manufacture Nationale de Beauvais, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. The basse lisse technique was developed in the 18th century and involves moving warp threads using pedals while passing a wooden flute through while following the design. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Samples and design ideas in the studio of Elizabeth Ashdown, a textile artist specialising in hand woven and hand embroidered passementerie and fine textiles, in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Elizabeth uses traditional techniques of hand weaving, macrame, hand embroidery, braid making and cord making to produce textile pieces used in home furnishings, fashion, wall hangings and artworks. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Design sketches in the studio of Elizabeth Ashdown, a textile artist specialising in hand woven and hand embroidered passementerie and fine textiles, in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Elizabeth uses traditional techniques of hand weaving, macrame, hand embroidery, braid making and cord making to produce textile pieces used in home furnishings, fashion, wall hangings and artworks. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Design sketch in the studio of Elizabeth Ashdown, a textile artist specialising in hand woven and hand embroidered passementerie and fine textiles, in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Elizabeth uses traditional techniques of hand weaving, macrame, hand embroidery, braid making and cord making to produce textile pieces used in home furnishings, fashion, wall hangings and artworks. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Design sketch in the studio of Elizabeth Ashdown, a textile artist specialising in hand woven and hand embroidered passementerie and fine textiles, in her studio at Cockpit Arts, a social enterprise and creative business incubator in Deptford, London, UK. Elizabeth uses traditional techniques of hand weaving, macrame, hand embroidery, braid making and cord making to produce textile pieces used in home furnishings, fashion, wall hangings and artworks. Cockpit was founded in 1986 with 5 units opening in Cockpit Yard in Holborn, and now supports 170 businesses in the Holborn and Deptford sites. Creatives receive training, support and bursaries and work across a wide range of art and craft practices. Photographed on 31st May 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Artwork of black and gold wound thread, in the Atelier Veronique de Soultrait, a studio and workshop on the rue Vendome, Lyon, France. Veronique de Soultrait produces works of art and decoration created using braiding techniques, with threads and ropes of cotton, hemp, cork, silk and leather. Pieces created include headboards, screens, mats, hangings, panels and other objects, which are often geometric in design. Photographed on 10th April 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stamp made from clay with a geometric design, which was pressed against dye then on the bodies of the Taino people, to decorate their skin, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Dyes for the stamps were extracted from plants such as mixa, custard apple and mangrove. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stamp made from clay with a geometric design, which was pressed against dye then on the bodies of the Taino people, to decorate their skin, in the Museo Arqueologico Regional Altos de Chavon, in Altos de Chavon, a recreated European village built 1976-82 in La Romana, Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Dyes for the stamps were extracted from plants such as mixa, custard apple and mangrove. The museum was opened in 1981 and is part of the Altos de Chavon Cultural Center Foundation, housing a collection of indigenous objects donated by Samuel Pion. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Zuni pottery canteen, 1885-1900, with design representing a rain bird and double-winged dragonflies, part of the Wetherill Family archive at the Anasazi Heritage Centre, Dolores, Colorado, USA. The Wetherill family were ranchers who also discovered many of the Puebloan Ancestral ruins in Colorado, including at Mesa Verde. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with an interlaced floral design with fleur de lys, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Glazed terracotta floor tile decorated with an interlaced floral design with fleur de lys, 14th century, from the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. These tiles decorated the floors of the rooms on the first and second floors of the castle, and are decorated with symbols of the Dukes and Duchesses of Burgundy: daisies, lions, roses, thistles, sheep, suns and lilies. The chateau was built under Philippe le Hardi or Philip the Bold, first Duke of Burgundy of the new royal Valois dynasty, and then given to his wife, Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Burgundy. The architect Drouet de Dammartin, the sculptors Jean de Marville and Claus Sluter and the painter Jean de Beaumetz all worked on the building. It was subsequently used by Jean sans Peur or John the Fearless, Philippe le Bon or Philip the Good and Charles le Temeraire or Charles the Bold. The chateau is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • South rose window of the transept, whose design reflects flickering flames, 16th century, in the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Design shop in the Kulturbrauerei or Culture Brewery, originally a 19th century brewery building, now a cultural and entertainment centre housing cinemas, theatres, clubs and function rooms, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A Roman bronze phalera, from a horse's harness, 2nd century AD, with a carved design of dolphins, from the 2011 excavations led by Sebastien Ziegler, at the rotunda in the Vaucrises Vicus gallo-roman quarter of the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A Roman bronze phalera, from a horse's harness, 2nd century AD, with a carved design of dolphins, from the 2011 excavations led by Sebastien Ziegler, at the rotunda in the Vaucrises Vicus gallo-roman quarter of the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A Roman bronze phalera, from a horse's harness, 2nd century AD, with a carved design of dolphins, from the 2011 excavations led by Sebastien Ziegler, at the rotunda in the Vaucrises Vicus gallo-roman quarter of the medieval castle of Chateau-Thierry, Picardy, France. The first fortifications on this spur over the river Marne date from the 4th century and the first castle was built in the 9th century Merovingian period by the counts of Vermandois. Thibaud II enlarged the castle in the 12th century and built the Tour Thibaud, and Thibaud IV expanded it significantly in the 13th century to include 17 defensive towers in the walls and an East and South gate. The castle was largely destroyed in the French Revolution after having been a royal palace since 1285. In 1814 it was used as a citadel for Napoleonic troops. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A boy painting his geometric design in a lesson in painted woodwork at the Artisan School or Dar Sanaa, founded 1919 under the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, which teaches the traditional art and craft skills of woodwork, zellige, sculpted plaster, leatherwork, etc, in Tetouan on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A boy painting his geometric design in a lesson in painted woodwork at the Artisan School or Dar Sanaa, founded 1919 under the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, which teaches the traditional art and craft skills of woodwork, zellige, sculpted plaster, leatherwork, etc, in Tetouan on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A boy painting his geometric design in a lesson in painted woodwork at the Artisan School or Dar Sanaa, founded 1919 under the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, which teaches the traditional art and craft skills of woodwork, zellige, sculpted plaster, leatherwork, etc, in Tetouan on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC13_Morocco_MC099.jpg
  • A boy painting his geometric design in a lesson in painted woodwork at the Artisan School or Dar Sanaa, founded 1919 under the Spanish Protectorate of Morocco, which teaches the traditional art and craft skills of woodwork, zellige, sculpted plaster, leatherwork, etc, in Tetouan on the slopes of Jbel Dersa in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. Tetouan was of particular importance in the Islamic period from the 8th century, when it served as the main point of contact between Morocco and Andalusia. After the Reconquest, the town was rebuilt by Andalusian refugees who had been expelled by the Spanish. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of stained glass panel in purple and white geometric design in the church of Notre-Dame du Raincy on May 24, 2009 in Le Raincy, Seine Saint Denis, France. Built in 1922-1923 by the architects and brothers Auguste and Gustave Perret, the cathedral was the first one to be built with reinforced concrete. The stained glass was created by Marguerite Hure based on sketches by Maurice Denis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of stained glass panel in red and black geometric design in the church of Notre-Dame du Raincy on May 24, 2009 in Le Raincy, Seine Saint Denis, France. Built in 1922-1923 by the architects and brothers Auguste and Gustave Perret, the cathedral was the first one to be built with reinforced concrete. The stained glass was created by Marguerite Hure based on sketches by Maurice Denis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of stained glass panel, with a blue cross forming part of a swastika design in the centre, in the church of Notre-Dame du Raincy on May 24, 2009 in Le Raincy, Seine Saint Denis, France. Built in 1922-1923 by the architects and brothers Auguste and Gustave Perret, the cathedral was the first one to be built with reinforced concrete. The stained glass was created by Marguerite Hure based on sketches by Maurice Denis. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa ; Jesus? burial ; The three Marys weeping, Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa ; Jesus? burial ; The three Marys weeping, Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa, the Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa, the Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa, the Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa, the Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa, the Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Stephen?s doorway; 855 AD; Western Façade; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; The only one which still follows the original architect?s design Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Stephen?s doorway; 855 AD; Western Façade; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; The only one which still follows the original architect?s design Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Western Façade; 785 ? 961 AD; Great Mosque, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain; the Stephen?s doorway dated 855 is the only one remaining of the original architect?s design; later decorative additions have been made in a mixture of both Visigoth and Umayyad styles; The modillions above the doorways and the stepped-pyramid crenelations are Córdoban innovations, later copied extensively in many other places. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Osborne Bull, created in 1956 to advertise the Osborne alcohols by Manolo Prieto (Puerto de Santa Maria 1912 ? Madrid 1991); Nominated at the Historical Heritage of Andulacía in 1996; Logotype of the Exhibition ?100 years of Spanish Design? at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid in 2000, Castilla la Mancha, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Frieze from the Roman Theatre depicting an acanthus leaf design. The theatre dates from the 2nd century AD and is built on the same site as an earlier Hellenistic one, Xanthos, Antalya, Turkey. Xanthos was a centre of culture and commerce for the Lycians, and later for the Persians, Greeks and Romans, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Via Dolorosa ; Jesus? burial ; The three Marys weeping, Passion façade, completed late 1980?s by the sculptor Josep Maria Subirachs, La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Roman Catholic basilica, built by Antoni Gaudí (Reus 1852 ? Barcelona 1926) from 1883 to his death. Still incomplete. Subirachs sculpted Gaudí on the left of the Veronica group and took the chimneys of La Pedrera as example to design the warriors? helmets. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    agaudi050479.jpg
  • The Osborne Bull, created in 1956 to advertise the Osborne alcohols by Manolo Prieto (Puerto de Santa Maria 1912 ? Madrid 1991); Nominated at the Historical Heritage of Andulacía in 1996; Logotype of the Exhibition ?100 years of Spanish Design? at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid in 2000, Castilla la Mancha, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Osborne Bull, created in 1956 to advertise the Osborne alcohols by Manolo Prieto (Puerto de Santa Maria 1912 ? Madrid 1991); Nominated at the Historical Heritage of Andulacía in 1996; Logotype of the Exhibition ?100 years of Spanish Design? at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid in 2000, Castilla la Mancha, Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_PARIS_MC_025.jpg
  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_PARIS_MC_024.jpg
  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale. The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_PARIS_MC_023.jpg
  • Weaving in progress on a Louis XV style carpet in the Manufacture de la Savonnerie, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. This Louis XV 18th century style carpet is for the platform of the throne room in the Palais de Versailles, replacing the original (now lost) by following a design stored at the Bibliotheque Nationale (seen on the left). The Savonnerie manufactory specialises in weaving velvet rugs, and joined the Gobelins site in 1826. The carpet weaving takes place on vertical looms using knotted lock stitches which are cut to form the velvet surface. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Personnage en situation dans un decor de pyramides, Salle de realite virtuelle avec tableau de bord informatique et trois puissants videoprojecteurs, 3DS, Dassault Systemes, Velizy Villacoublay, Yvelines, France. Woman interacting with the projection wall with a pyramid design in the virtual reality room with computerised rear projection walls and 3 video projectors, 3DS, Dassault Systemes, Velizy Villacoublay, Yvelines, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Personnages en situation devant le Paris de Notre Dame, Salle de realite virtuelle avec tableau de bord informatique et trois puissants videoprojecteurs, 3DS, Dassault Systemes, Velizy Villacoublay, Yvelines, France. People interacting with the projection wall with a Paris Notre Dame design in the virtual reality room with computerised rear projection walls and 3 video projectors, 3DS, Dassault Systemes, Velizy Villacoublay, Yvelines, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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