Arcades des Champs-Élysées

If you look straight ahead in the Arcades des Champs-Élysées you will see a tacky Las Vegas style shopping mall teeming with tourists lining up to buy Starbucks coffee and shop in cheap souvenir shops. If you look up you will see a fabulous world of architectural details.

In early August I met a man who owns a prestigious shop that sells mint condition Art Deco and Art Nouveau furniture and objets. I told him about my fascination with Parisian street lanterns and he told me that some of the most beautiful lanterns in Paris were inside the Arcades des Champs-Élysées.

He was right and I was thrilled about my new find. They were unique and gorgeous and I shot them from every angle I could and I also captured the stunning details of the ceiling.

I couldn’t find anything about the history of the arcade but I am guessing from the details of it, it was built in the late 1920s or early 1930s.

Arcades des Champs-Élysées
76-78 Ave. des Champs-Élysées, 75008
Metro: George V or Franklin Roosevelt


















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Comments

[MarilynByrd]

Oooooh la la, Richard. You may want to add these to your collection of "for sale" photos. Good job!

[Jean(ne) in MN]

I don't recall seeing this style of lantern before--stunning--a great find.

[Alan]

I love art deco as well so I found your blog on the Arcades des Champs Elysees absolutely brilliant. I’m just sorry I didn’t know about this place when I was over there...definitely next time.

[Vicki]

These lanterns are fantastic. They certainly remind me of Lalique and I wonder if they were created by him.

[Paula]

Wonderful lanterns. Some of the best you have done.

[catherine]

Really nice!

[Lisa]

These are gorgeous and epitomise what Paris is all about - extreme beauty in the everyday surrounds.