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Printemps (/ p r æ̃ ˈ t ɒ̃ /; French: [pʁɛ̃tɑ̃] ⓘ, lit. ' springtime ') is a French chain of high-end department stores (grands magasins, lit. ' big stores ') with a focus on beauty, lifestyle, fashion and accessories.
Grands magasins du Printemps. Paris VIII e. Circa 1889. Depicted place: Printemps Haussmann department store, Paris, France. Date: circa 1889
The Belle Époque in Paris was the golden age of the Grand magasin, or department store. The first modern department store in the city, Le Bon Marché, was originally a small variety store with a staff of twelve when it was taken over by Aristide Boucicaut in 1852. Boucicaut expanded it, and by deft discount pricing, advertising, and innovative ...
The Louvre Saint-Honoré building is a historic structure in Paris, occupying an entire urban block between the rue de Rivoli (across the Louvre Palace), the place du Palais-Royal, the rue Saint-Honoré, and the rue de Marengo [], with a total floor surface of 47,000 square meters.
Georges Jules Dufayel was born in Paris in 1855, the son of Achille Amand Dufayel and Marie Stéphanie Nicolas. He attended the Maison Dupont-Tuffier school. [1] In 1871, he went to work for Jacques François Crespin (1824–1888), the owner of Le Palais de la Nouveauté in Paris's 18th arrondissement.
The new street that Napoleon developed through the heart of Paris includes on one side the north wing of the Louvre Palace, (which Napoleon extended) and the Tuileries Gardens. Upon completion, it was the first time that a wide, well designed and aesthetically pleasing street bound the north wing of the Louvre Palace.
English: Eugène Grasset & Félix Gaudin - Le Printemps ("Spring"), 1894. Art nouveau stained glass window, musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France. Art nouveau stained glass window, musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France.
In 1870 Ernest Cognacq opened La Samaritaine, on the corner of Rue du Pont-Neuf and the Rue de la Monnaie. [4] [5] In 1872 Cognacq married Marie-Louise Jaÿ and they begun to manage the store together. [5] The interiors of magasin one (magasin means "store" in French) were redesigned in 1891, the project was overseen by architect Frantz Jourdain.