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  • Fireplace, white marble, Renaissance, with 2 atlantes, in the Stanza del Camino or Fireplace Room in the Apartment of Bianca Cappello, wife of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, white marble, Renaissance, with 2 atlantes, in the Stanza del Camino or Fireplace Room in the Apartment of Bianca Cappello, wife of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the Villa di Poggio a Caiano, a Medici Villa built from 1480 in Renaissance style by Giuliano da Sangallo, 1443-1516, for Lorenzo de Medici, in Poggio a Caiano, Prato, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was begun 1480-95 and completed 1513-20 under Giovanni de Medici by Andrea di Cosimo Feltrini and Franciabigio. The museum now houses 2 museums, the Museo della Natura Morta or Still Life Museum, and the Historic Apartments. It forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. The fireplace has capitals by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion. 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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  • Detail of a relief of a winged female mythical creature from the monumental fireplace in the Guard Room, Chateau de Fontainebleau, France. The fireplace features a bust of Henri IV by Mathieu Jacquet from 1836 but also incorporates earlier 17th and 18th century sections. The Guard Room is the first of the King's apartment and was occupied by the soldiers of the guard. The Palace of Fontainebleau is one of the largest French royal palaces and was begun in the early 16th century for Francois I. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The motto of Philippe Pot, Tant LVault, painted in foliage letters on a red and black striped background above the fireplace in La Grande Salle, a ceremonial room used for public meetings, receptions and banquets, in the main 15th century building of the Chateau de Chateauneuf, or Chateauneuf-en-Auxois, a 12th and 15th century castle, Cote d'Or, Burgundy, France. The original painted coat of arms of Philippe Pot on the ceremonial fireplace (right) was damaged in the French Revolution. Originally built in 1132 by Jean de Chaudenay, the castle was modified from a medieval fortress to a residence from 1457 under Philippe le Bon, Duc de Bourgogne, or Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, who gave the castle to his advisor Philippe Pot, 1428-93. The castle sits on an outcrop overlooking the valley of the Canal de Bourgogne and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iron dragon, detail from the monumental fireplace by Eusebi Arnau, in the dining room of Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace represents the cocoa trade between South America and Europe, including a bow of a ship, an indigenous queen and a European queen. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental fireplace by Eusebi Arnau, detail, in the dining room of Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace represents the cocoa trade between South America and Europe, including a bow of a ship, an indigenous queen and a European queen. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC20_SPAIN_MC_1002.jpg
  • Monumental fireplace with detailed sculpted foliage and crenellated turrets, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The Salle des Festins was used for receptions. It has a monumental fireplace, a high lodge for musicians and a hatch enabling dishes to be brought quickly to the table. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0023.jpg
  • Ermine with a crown, representing Anne of Brittany, and candelabra, relief on a fireplace in the Lower Room of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The fireplace is carved with coats of arms and also royal emblems representing Louis XII (porcupine) and Anne of Brittany, who both visited Bourges in 1506. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures on the fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0045.jpg
  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0037.jpg
  • Fireplace, detail, in the dining room of Casa Amatller, a catalan Modernisme style building by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, built 1898-1900 as a home for chocolatier Antoni Amatller, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace represents the cocoa trade between America and Europe, including a bow of a ship, an indigenous queen and a European queen. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace by Ramon Reguan workshop, and walls covered with a gilded stucco crackle design, in Josep Batllo's study, in the Casa Batllo, originally built in 1877 by Emilio Sala Cortes and totally remodelled 1904-6 by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, in catalan Modernisme and art nouveau style, for Josep Batllo y Casanovas, a textile industrialist, on the Passeig de Gracia in the Illa de la Discordia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fireplace is a traditional catalan feature in a Modernisme style, with a mushroom shaped recess in the wall and benches facing each other either side of the fire. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0025.jpg
  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC19_PARIS_MC_0020.jpg
  • Porcupine with a crown, representing King Louis XII, and candelabra, relief on a fireplace in the Lower Room of the Hotel Lallemant, a mansion built 1495-1518 in French Renaissance style by the Lallemant merchant family, in Bourges, Centre Val de Loire, France. The fireplace is carved with coats of arms and also royal emblems representing Louis XII and Anne of Brittany (the ermine), who both visited Bourges in 1506. The sculptural decoration on the building, made by both French and Italian sculptors, has been interpreted by Fulcanelli and others as having an alchemical symbolism. Since 1951 the building has housed the Musee des Arts Decoratifs and it was listed as a historic monument in 1840. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0695.jpg
  • Detail of human figure with a dog amongst the carved foliage, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0282.jpg
  • Monumental fireplace, 15th century, with reliefs of mourners resembling those of the tomb of the Dukes of Burgundy in Dijon (although only 3 are original), in the Salle de Bal or Ballroom, now housing a permanent exhibition on Exchanges and Economic Actors, but which originally housed Emilie Gaillard’s collection of medieval art, 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 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, when this large room was fitted with art deco counters designed by the Maison Jansen. Later, it became an office used for meetings or training courses and as a reception room. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of sculpted monkey eating an apple, with another monkey holding its tail and tied together by ropes held by men, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0285.jpg
  • Detail of man amongst the foliage cutting a plant with a curved knife, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0239.jpg
  • Sculptural capital by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. 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
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0255.jpg
  • Sculptural capitals by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. 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
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0253.jpg
  • 2 ladies watching the siege from a window and an archer in the battlements below, on the monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0302.jpg
  • Detail of sculpted monkeys holding each other's tails and tied together by ropes held by men, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0284.jpg
  • Figures on the battlements with weapons of a spear, an axe and a bow and arrow, on the monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0271.jpg
  • An archer on the battlements, on the monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. On the banister above are carved symbols of shells (coquilles Saint-Jacques) and hearts (coeurs), representing the name Jacques Coeur. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0272.jpg
  • Horn blower sounding the horn for the start of the tournament, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0268.jpg
  • Peasants jousting on donkeys with sticks for lances and wicker shields, at a village tournament, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0265.jpg
  • Sculptural detail of a musician playing a lute, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0261.jpg
  • Monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0260.jpg
  • Detail of human figure with a dog amongst the carved foliage, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0242.jpg
  • Detail of a rabbit peeking our from amongst the sculpted foliage, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0243.jpg
  • Detail of sculpted monkeys holding each other's tails and tied together by ropes held by men, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0241.jpg
  • Sculptural capital by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. 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
    LC16_FRANCE_MC_0252.jpg
  • Detail of sculpted monkeys holding each other's tails and tied together by ropes held by men, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0286.jpg
  • Monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0275.jpg
  • 2 ladies watching the siege from a window, on the monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. On the banisters are carved symbols of shells (coquilles Saint-Jacques) and hearts (coeurs), representing the name Jacques Coeur. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC17_FRANCE_MC_0274.jpg
  • Couple playing chess, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horn blower sounding the horn for the start of the jousting at the village tournament, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Couple with basket of fruit, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Couple with basket of fruit, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a sculpted human holding a phylactery as column support from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, late 15th - early 16th century, with central figure of St Michael, from Alencon, Normandy, France, in the Unicorn Tapestries Room, housing 7 tapestries depicting the Hunt of the Unicorn, in The Cloisters, a museum specialising in European medieval architecture, sculpture and decorative arts, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, New York, USA. The Cloisters collection includes Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance works from 12th to 15th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figures on the battlements with weapons and heavy objects to throw down, on the monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of sculpted monkeys holding each other's tails and tied together by ropes held by men, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of columns, capitals, foliage and crenellated turrets, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figure on the battlements throwing rocks on the enemy, on the monumental fireplace called 'Les Jeux de la Guerre' or 'War games', with foliage and animals on the bottom of the lintel, crenelated battlements with figures defending a fortress or perhaps burghers defending a town above and 2 windows with fine ladies watching the spectacle of the siege, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Peasant jouster on a donkey with stick for a lance and wicker shield, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Couple playing chess, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of human figure as column support, holding a shell (a coquille Saint-Jacques), symbol of the name Jacques Coeur, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of figure, possibly holding weaving implements, from the monumental fireplace, destroyed in 1820 and reassembled in the 1930s, in the Salle des Festins or Hall of Feasts, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptural capital by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. 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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  • Sculptural capital with a bird in flight, by the workshop of Claus Sluter representing a scene from Chretien de Troyes’s novel, Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, on the monumental fireplace, 14th century, originally in a reception room destroyed by fire in the 19th century and now in the great hall, in the Chateau de Germolles, Burgundy, France, built 1385-1400 as the residence of the Dukes of Burgundy. 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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  • Peasants watching the village tournament, from the monumental fireplace called 'Les Loisirs de la Jeunesse' or 'The Noble Pursuit', with low arched lintel and mantel with false ogee bays with false mullion windows with a couple of burghers or aristocrats and a frieze above, with pinacles and finials of the ogees, in the West Gallery of the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. The frieze depicts a village festivity, a peasant tournament using donkeys, staves and wicker shields. One of the couples is thought to represent Jacques Coeur and Agnes Sorel, picking fruit from a basket while watching the tournament. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capitals carved with fish on the fireplace, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Quadras family coat of arms on the fireplace, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, with family coat of arms and marble columns topped with fish capitals, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, with family coat of arms and marble columns topped with fish capitals, in the Rossello room, on the first floor of the Palau Baro de Quadras, a mansion remodelled 1904-6 in catalan Modernisme style by Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1867-1956, between the Avinguda Diagonal and Carrer Rossello, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This is a large room facing the Carrer Rossello, used by the family as a dining room, with an arcade of bulging columns with Ionic capitals in front of the facade windows. The house was commissioned by Manuel Quadras i Feliu of the Quadras textile family. The building now houses the Institut Ramon Llull, which promotes catalan language and culture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of cherubs playing, on the fireplace, in red marble, onyx and alabaster, by Eugene Delaplanche, in the Grand Salon, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Face of a statue on the fireplace in the restaurant on the first floor of the Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cast iron grate in the fireplace in the Lower North Gallery, with symbols resembling alchemy tools, in the Palais Jacques Coeur, huge manor house built 1443-51 in Flamboyant Gothic style, on the Place Jacques Coeur, Bourges, France. Fulcanelli stated that Jacques Coeur was an alchemist and hermetic symbols are found throughout the building. Jacques Coeur, 1395-1456, was a wealthy merchant and was made master of the mint to King Charles VII in 1438. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental alabaster fireplace from the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, from the collection of the Museum of Artistic Reproductions, in the Golden Hall, a banqueting hall inaugurated 1915, with Neo-Baroque decor by Joan Marsal and reproductions of furniture and sculptures, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with art nouveau ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with art nouveau ceramic tiles, and surrounding wood panelling, in the dining room, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dragon, carved walnut fireplace, detail, by Camil Oliveras, in the Dining Room, at Palau Guell, a catalan Modernist mansion designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, built 1886-88 for Eusebi Guell, on the Carrer Nou de la Rambla, in El Raval, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mahogany fireplace with horse sculpture by Jules Coutran, in the mayor's office (study of Eugene Bardou, mayor of Perpignan 1894-96), on the first floor of the Hotel Pams, a mansion or hotel particulier, built 1852-72 by Pierre Bardou, founder of the Job cigarette paper company, and reworked in the 1890s by his son-in-law Jules Pams with the architect Leopold Carlier, on the Rue Emile-Zola in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. The house is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Coat of arms with crown and fleur de lys, sculptural detail from the fireplace of the Cabinet Dore or Golden Room of Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu, in the Intendant's apartments, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. The Intendant of the Garde-Meuble was an important officer to the king, and was housed in this building in lavish apartments (Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu from 1765, and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray from 1786). From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. It was restored 2017-20 and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief of cherubs dancing, on the fireplace, in red marble, onyx and alabaster, by Eugene Delaplanche, in the Grand Salon, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Relief medallion of reclining female nude, possibly Venus with cupid, on the fireplace in the restaurant on the first floor of the Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Classical atlante statue with aulos, on the grand sculpted fireplace by Jules Dalou, in the Grande Salle a Manger or Large Dining Room, decorated in Renaissance style, in the Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female with bird, detail from the sculpted Carrara marble fireplace in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Female with shawl and flowers, detail from the sculpted Carrara marble fireplace in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpted Carrara marble fireplace in the Drawing Room of Kylemore Castle, built in the 19th century by Mitchell and Margaret Henry and converted to a Benedictine monastery, Kylemore Abbey, in 1920, in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with salamander and ermine, and royal throne, in the Salle du Roi, or King's Hall, used by Francois I for meals and audiences, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The hand-painted wallpaper, tiled floor and painted ceiling, were restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salamander breathing fire, symbol of Francois I, with crown, in a wreath held by putti, on the fireplace in the Salle du Roi, or King's Hall, used by Francois I for meals and audiences, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The hand-painted wallpaper, tiled floor and painted ceiling, were restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Public living room or guest room, with parquet floor, panelling, fireplace, marquetry and ceiling in wood, stained and leaded glass with floral patterns, and tapestry panels, by Gaspar Homar, 1870-1953, at the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dining room, with bench seats and Art Nouveau inspired fireplace with floral mosaic work and a circular wooden relief, in the Casa Navas, built 1902-7 in Modernist style by Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, Catalan Modernist architect, on the Plaza del Mercadal or Market Square in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. The house was built for Joaquim Navas Padro. The interiors were completed by Alfons Juyol i Bach (marble), Tomas Bergada (paintings), Gaspar Homar (furniture) and Hipolit Montseny (ceramics). The building is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Monumental alabaster fireplace from the Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya, from the collection of the Museum of Artistic Reproductions, in the Golden Hall, a banqueting hall inaugurated 1915, with Neo-Baroque decor by Joan Marsal and reproductions of furniture and sculptures, in the Palau de Maricel, now the Maricel Museum, reopened in 2015, in Sitges, Catalonia, Spain. The complex was built 1910-18 by Miquel Utrillo for Charles Deering, converted from a hospital to a residence and gallery to house Deering's collection. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue on the fireplace in the restaurant on the first floor of the Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace flanked by statues of 2 women, in the restaurant on the first floor of the Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Classical atlante statue with pan pipes, on the grand sculpted fireplace by Jules Dalou, in the Grande Salle a Manger or Large Dining Room, decorated in Renaissance style, in the Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salamander breathing fire, symbol of Francois I, with crown, in a wreath held by putti, on the fireplace in the Salle du Roi, or King's Hall, used by Francois I for meals and audiences, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The hand-painted wallpaper, tiled floor and painted ceiling, were restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Floral garland, marble sculptural detail from the fireplace of the Cabinet Dore or Golden Room of Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu, in the Intendant's apartments, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. The Intendant of the Garde-Meuble was an important officer to the king, and was housed in this building in lavish apartments (Pierre-Elisabeth de Fontanieu from 1765, and Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville d’Avray from 1786). From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. It was restored 2017-20 and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Putti on horseback, relief, from the fireplace in the Salon des Amiraux, in the Hotel de la Marine, built 1757-74 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 1698-1782, architect to King Louis XV, on the Place de la Concorde, in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The room houses a series of paintings of French naval admirals, on wooden panels carved by Jeanselme. The building was made to house the Garde-Meuble de la Couronne, the king's furniture collection. From 1789, the building became the Ministere de la Marine, the navy ministry. The Salon des Amiraux was restored 2007-9 and the building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Harmony by Eugene Delaplanche on the fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculpture of Harmony by Eugene Delaplanche on the fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, 15th century, with coat of arms of James VI of Scotland and I of England and Ireland (a Scottish unicorn and English lion), in Laich Hall, in Edinburgh Castle on Castle Rock, Edinburgh, Scotland. This room was remodeled as a dining hall for James VI’s golden jubilee in 1617, where he held a grand banquet. The first royal castle built here was under David I in the 12th century, and the site has been built on, attacked and defended ever since. The castle now houses military museums and the National War Museum of Scotland and is run by Historic Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ermine, emblem of the House of Brittany, with crown and ermine's tails, in a wreath held by putti, on the fireplace in the Salle du Roi, or King's Hall, used by Francois I for meals and audiences, on the first floor of the Francois I wing, built early 16th century in Italian Renaissance style, at the Chateau Royal de Blois, built 13th - 17th century in Blois in the Loire Valley, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. The hand-painted wallpaper, tiled floor and painted ceiling, were restored by Felix Duban in 1861-66. The chateau has 564 rooms and 75 staircases and is listed as a historic monument and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with art nouveau ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace with ceramic tiles in the main bedroom, with east facing balcony and coffered wooden ceiling, in El Capricho de Gaudi, or Villa Quijano, a Modernist villa designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883-85 under his assistant Cristobal Cascante, in Comillas, Cantabria, Spain. The villa was commissioned by Maximo Diaz de Quijano as a summer house. It is from Gaudi's orientalist period, with azulejos tiles and domes. The building has housed a museum since 2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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