Identifier: parisinlondon19000lond (find matches)
Title: Paris in London : 1902, Earl's Court : official guide and catalogue : director general Imre Kiralfy
Year: 1902 (1900s)
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Subjects: Art, French Costume, France
Publisher: London : Gale & Polden
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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sh, an arrangement that suggests a delicate compliment toLondons commerce, on the part of the French Committee. Evenhere, however, may be found a sprinkling of representative Parisiandisplays, while, when we reach the further end of the hall, a distinc-tively French note is struck by the two STRIKING MILITARY TABLEAUX, illustrating the material characteristics of the French Army. Onhis right and left the visitor finds these remarkable dioramas which,being vividly realistic and absolutely accurate down to the minutestdetail, are of considerable educational value. Few features of thegreat Paris Exposition of 1900 attracted more attention than thisjoint exhibit of contractors to the French Army, which was awardedthe Grand Prix, and was transferred to Earls Court by authority ofthe French War Minister. More than 160 life-size figures, etc., arecomprised in the two tableaux, which together constitute the mostrepresentative display of its class ever seen in this country. I ,.<*j
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23 From the Ducal Hall, c ne passes into The Queen^s Courts where a striking transformation arrests the attention of those familiarwith the features of this noble area in its former guise. The elaborateIndian architecture, with its glowing imagery of the East, andoriental harmony of colours, has disappeared, but perhaps even moreeffective is the stately and graceful scheme which now confronts ut».

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