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postcard-from-the-past · 11 days

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Carnavalet Museum in Paris

French vintage postcard

#vintage #carnavalet #tarjeta #briefkaart #postcard #photography #postal #carte postale #carnavalet museum #sepia #ephemera #historic #paris #french #ansichtskarte #postkarte #museum #postkaart #photo

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empirearchives · 11 months

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First Empire rooms at the Carnavalet Museum in Paris

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robespapier · 1 year

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Citizens, can you guess which revolutionnary this fork belonged to? 🤭

#frev shitposting #Carnavalet museum

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obscurehistoricalinterests · 2 years

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Guys be like: „I know a place“ and take you to

#bad boys street #oh Paris #Carnavalet museum

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vintagemuseums · 1 year

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Un salon du musée Carnavalet (A room at the Carnavalet museum), Paris, France, 1920.

Painter: Cain, Berthe

#Vintage #Retro #Museum #Museums #Musée #Musées #musée Carnavalet #Carnavalet museum #Paris #France #1920 #1920s #20s #Cain Berthe #Berthe Cain #Painting #Art

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kafkasdiariies · 1 year

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Jardin du Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France | hifromalix

#Musée Carnavalet #Paris #France #garden #autumn's warmth #museum #architecture #architecture edit #my edit

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all-yn-oween · 9 days

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No way, it’s already 20th of April again! To celebrate Louis’ birthday again, let me show you this comic I just finished for one of my classes…. 👀 The theme was “Write a story that takes place in a Parisian Museum, in 4 pages…”

[Carnavalet Museum, 1913. 11:35pm]

Gustave: First night as a Night Guard…

Gustave: Goddamn Im so bored.

Gustave: Wait a minute.. who is this guy?

Gustave: Is he the owner of the place? Another guard? I’ll better introduce myself…

Gustave: Wait a second… if he is the owner, why is he running away??

Gustave: Uhm… are you okay?

Louis: Ha.. ha… yes.. yes thank you! Louis, My name is Louis.

Gustave: Gustave Bréant. Nice to meet you.

Gustave: You know… I never would’ve thought that I’d save someone from chocking on a petal during my first shift.

Louis: Ha ha! Cant help it! Those are the tastiest flowers of all Paris!!

Gustave: Well.. but it’s still a museum here…

Louis: Speaking of that— now that we introduced ourselves, what do you think about a nightly visit?

Gustave: … Lets go!

Gustave : I’ve never been passionate about art.

Gustave: But with this guy… I’m surprised to actually enjoy visiting the Museum.

Gustave: How does a single person can brighten a moment that much?

Gustave: ….. Shit… I really fell for him.

Gustave: I even start to see him in the paintings now?!?— wait… is he eating flowers in there as well??

Louis: You’re making a weird face, what are you looking at?

Louis: Eh!! Those two look kinda similar to us, right?

Gustave: Wait… so you see them as well? I’m not going crazy?

Louis: I do! We look cute, painted like that! And who knows? Maybe it was our fate to meet.

Louis: Maybe we even met before!!

[…]

Louis: So you have the right to leave your job place like that? Arent you supposed to guard it?

Gustave: I cant, no.. but what a shitty job anyway

Louis: I’m not complaining! Who needs a job when youre in good company?

Gustave: … You’re paying bills and food with love ? Oh, speaking of food, do you want to go grab sometimes to eat.

Gustave: Maybe there are still open restaurants at that time.

Louis: There it goes, you can’t live without me anymore!!!

Gustave: Well, I found you, I’m not letting you go now. …. So, about the restaurant?

Louis: I’m in! Do you think they serve flowers?

Gustave: Louis… Can’t you eat something other than flowers???

Louis: Let’s say I’ll make an effort for you. Alright! Let’s go find a nice place!

[The End? :}….]

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here it was :D It was fun to do, laborious, but fun!! 🥹 I’ve told myself that if I have more than 18/20 as a mark on the project, I do more parts of their story… So who knows? Might as well see more of them in the 1910’s soon….

#The Carnavalet Museum is the Museum of the Parisian History !!!#all eras mixed up #it’s very interesting #Gustave Bréant (OC)#Napoléon III #✨gossip queens✨#🥹🥹#Missed typing that tag #my art :)

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mypepemateosus · 4 months

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#Carnavalet Museum - Paris The Carnavalet Museum is dedicated to the history of Paris and its inhabitants.

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velocipastors · 7 months

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I can't believe I booked a trip to Paris!!!

#Musee Carnavalet here I come #istg I'll spend most of my time in the museums #can't wait!!!!!#it's been so long since I've been this excited about anything #I'll see the Le Bas pastel LIVE #🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩

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harrietvane · 2 years

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Every time I see this dog bed (circa 1785) in the Carnavalet Museum in Paris I lose it.

The delicate walnut carving portico. The size of the Beast that this must have been built for - the size of a large tomato or something.

It’s like the physical embodiment of that stand-up sketch that’s like ‘idk where I shall go today but I Shall Be Carried’

#and all the insane things that kept happening in the decade after this and someone kept being like ‘no no we keep that dog bed its legit’#and all the decades after that #and they were correct tbh #interiors #design #18th century #paris

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revolutionarywig · 4 months

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Frev locations compile

Thought of compiling a list of frev significant locations so it can help with recommendations for anyone who happens to be travelling/visiting! This is only done to my knowledge and not a complete list, please feel free to suggest if you happen to know more locations that I completely missed!

so here is the frev pilgrimage list! Long post warning.

(Note: The items are not in any particular order)

(Note: I typed this post up a long time ago but couldn't finish, a lot of thanks to the people who helped out on contributing information and your patience with me.)

Musée Carnavalet (Paris)

This one is very obvious, it is a must go for seeing a collection of frev related artifacts and paintings, including Couthon’s wheelchair, Robespierre’s hair, the most iconic portraits etc. Also its FREE.

Panthéon (Paris)

You can see the statue of the National Convention deputies. It doesnt have too much related to frev directly, but Rousseau and Voltaire (and Carnot…..) are interred there

La Conciergerie (Paris)

If you want to see the Deseine bust of Robespierre, but cant go to Vizille, there is a copy of it here within Paris at the conciergerie. It is the place where most frev figures as well as Antoinette spent their last monents.

Musée des archives nationales (Paris)

(June 2023) There is a temporary exhibit featuring frev rn which I highly recommend (also its free to go so like GO)

But beyond the temporary exhibit, I believe there are still a few things in permanent collection (Robespierre’s note book page, Antoinette’s last letter in prison, Comte d’Artois’ letter etc), including the famous 9 thermidor table that Robespierre supposedly lied on. the museum is free to visit.

Père la Chaise (Paris)

@robespapier wrote a better post on navigating the cemetery. It helped me so much with finding the graves of Lebas, Elisabeth and Eleonore Duplay! Thank you so much for the guide!

Rue Saint Honoré (Paris)

the current address of the Duplays household is 398 rue saint-honoré, which is now next to a louboutin store…. There is a commemorative plaque there indicating Robespierre’s residence there. Im not sure about going inside the residence….There was construction when I visited and the door was open, heres how it looks on the inside.

SJ’s bust (Paris & Angers)

I have not visited either of the two locations yet, but you can find that white bust of Saint-Just (that seemed to be modelled after the pastel portrait in the Carnavalet) in either Petit Palais (Paris) or Galerie David d’Angers (Angers). @orpheusmori has posted some Petit Palais pictures here @robespapier has posted some Galerie David d'Angers pictures here

Marat sign (Paris)

i have an image of this plaque sitting on my phone, I forgot where it was located until @orpheusmori helped me track the location of it! It is in the Odéon area and should be in the small narrow street with the back side of Le Procope. It commemorates the location as an important area during the French Revolution as well as the place where Marat established his printing shop.

The front of the same building also has another Marat plaque! I didnt know about it before thank you @orpheusmori for finding and contributing the photo! This one is above an Jewellery store (Amour de Pierres) https://maps.app.goo.gl/8X9zgKYpMiLJcULq7

Olympe de Gouges sign (Paris)

Once again, i have a photo of the plaque proving its existence, but I took it years ago and i dont remember where it was exactly.... It was all in the Odéon area, it shouldn’t be too far from the other….

Danton statue (Paris)

there is a Danton statue! Right outside the Odéon metro! You cant miss it. Also the placement of the statue is where he once lived.

Procope (Paris)

Its a really old cafe frequented by a lot of philosophes as well as many frev figures. There is also a bicorn from Napoleon inside. Right now its still a restaurant establishment, and its difficult to visit unless you eat inside….which is expensive…. However ! This whole general Odéon area is full of other frev landmarks (some more mentioned below). Including the metro station which has a bust of Danton.

Versailles revolutionary room (Versailles)

Beyond the royal family, there is a room dedicated to a lot of major Revolutionary Army generals and battles. Theres that one painting of Lafayette if u into that

Musée des armes/Invalides (Paris)

It has a significant collection of military artefacts from the French Revolution and its a really good resource for armory researches. The museum also has a sword that belonged to Lafayette, as well as a sword belonging to Carnot during the Directoire (image below)

Louvre

The Louvre does not have a lot relating to the French Revolution but it has a few significant paintings and a lot of David’s work. One of the Death of Marat copies produced by David’s studio should be in the museum, as well as a painting featuring the battke of fleurus (with SJ cameo)

Tennis court (Versailles)

Near the palace of Versailles you can find the room where the deputies swore the famous oaths. It is free to enter, although last time I went it was undergoing construction, hopefully it should have finished by now.

Musée de la Révolution Française (Vizille)

If you can go to Vizille… GO TO VIZILLE! The easiest way by transport would be to stay at Grenoble then take one of the buses that runs between Grenoble and Vizille. It is a whole museum dedicated to the revolution (and it is free) and the park is really pretty. This is where you can find the statue of Marat,

The Deseine busts including dear Bonbon,

And DJ Saint-Just.

Also special thank you to @citizentaleo for taking me there, I would’ve otherwise been lost in the French mountains lol, thank you!

Maison Robespierre (Arras)

You can visit Robespierre’s residence in Arras. It is possible to visit the inside, but it has a very specific and short opening hours.

I wasn’t able to go in since I was only in Arras for a few hours….But I got to attend a conference by Hervé Leuwers aaa (He is very sweet and I learned quite few new things from the presentation, but thats post for another day)

Robespierre metro stop (Paris suburb)

There is in fact, a Robespierre metro station on line 9! Not much beyond name but at least some credit to him! Alas it is not exactly within Paris and just on the outskirt. (Oh and there is also Voltaire)

Cordeliers club (Paris)

I dont have much information on what happened to the original location of the Cordeliers club and how it was modified, but the location is part of the sorbonne campus now i believe. I'd be very curious if anyone knows more information on this.

Place de la Bastille (Paris)

The Bastille is of course not there anymore, but the ground around the square and including the metro stations near by have traces/marks of where the old prison would have stood.

(and yea the picture was taken during a manif)

Pavillon de flore (Paris)

The pavillon attached to the Louvre and next to the Pont Royale is the Pavillon de Flore, which is where the Committee de Salut Publique worked.

Jacobin club (Paris) Alas the original convent in which the Jacobin gathered is no more and replaced by a commercial centre instead (Passage de Jacobins) . There is a sign however recognizing the place for what it was.

Place de la Concorde (Paris) Originally Place de la Révolution, there is a plaque remembering the executions that took place here near the obelisk.

Maison SJ (Blérancourt) I have not been to Saint-Just's house yet, because it is very hard to commute there without a car. But it certainly is still there and (I believe) maintained by the Saint-Just Association.

Catacombs (Paris) According to wikipedia....The bone remains of many revolutionaries buried in Cimitière Errancis (which has a plaque indicating it in the 8th arrondissement, according to wikipedia) are transferred to the catacombs, including Robespierre, Danton, etc. The catacomb is roughly organized chronologically but there is obviously no sign indicating which bone it actually is.

Cluny La Sorbonne station (Paris) It is on metro line 10 and the waiting tunnel is decorated with signatures of prominent French figures. It doesn't have any actual frev artifacts, but it looks cool and you can spot Robespierre, Danton, and Camille Desmoulins' signatures on the ceiling.

Louis le Grand (Paris) The school that Robespierre attended is still under the same name and still in use as a school! (i've reached the image maximum alas i cannot add more images...)

And that is all I can think of so far! There is surely a lot more that are out there (including outside of France). Once again, please feel free to mention if you know more frev landmarks that I missed out on. And to whoever happens to be travelling I hope you find this list helpful to start with.

#french revolution #frev pilgrimage #frev list #resource

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postcard-from-the-past · 1 month

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Salon in the Carnavalet Museum in Paris

French vintage postcard

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history-of-fashion · 9 months

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ab. 1630 Daniel Dumonstier or Dumoustier - Portrait of Henri II de Montmorency

(Carnavalet Museum)

#Daniel Dumonstier #1630s #17th century #men

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aedesluminis · 4 months

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So, I eventually did further research about this picture and I found a copy of it on Alamy:

(If you are wondering how I managed to download it from Alamy without watermark and without paying I used this site.)

This is what I grasped trying to decipher the caption, no luck with the signature though:

"Carnot organisant la Victoire au Comité de Salut Public en 1794. Offert au Musée Carnavalet sous la Direction de l'honorable et bienveillant Monsieur Cousin par (??), 1887". EDIT (09/02/24): the author is Philippe Félix Dupuis. There's indeed a certain Jules Cousin mentioned among the first donators (and curators I suppose) of the museum. I wonder if it's still possible to see the illustration at the Carnavalet today. Recognizing who is who is still very difficult though, but I believe that a part from the obvious Robespierre and Saint-Just (as listed here)...

... the following three could be Barère, Prieur-D and Carnot (?)

#frev #committee of public safety #french revolution #lazare carnot #csp #me pathetically trying to find more young Prieur pictures >.>#queue

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istherobespierrecute · 9 months

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Hello! I made a similar ask in the "isthesjcute" blog and am having the same issue with Robespierre (and Camille Desmoulins) in which they all look different in the portraits so here I am asking for expert advice on this matter. What do you think are the most accurate portraits/descriptions of Robespierre (and Desmoulins if you know- as far as I am aware, there are no "isthedesmoulinscute?" blogs which is a shame 😭)? Thank you!

Hi there! The most accurate depictions of Robespierre are likely the anonymous portrait in the Carnavalet's collection, seen here! As well as the bust at the Conciergerie (and the one in Vizelle FrenchRev museum, which I do not have a personal photo of.)

As for Camille, we really don't have as much to go off of, but the Joseph Boze portrait shown here is likely a quite accurate depiction, as it was painted from a sitting while Camille was still alive, not long before his death.

#robespierre #frev #asks #maximilien robespierre #camille desmoulins

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robespapier · 10 months

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Robespierre's briefcase isn't on display anymore at the Carnavalet museum, and I'll try asking them about it, but my best guess is they are rotating stuff and also protecting the most fragile ones from too much exposure to light (a tapestry was removed too).

The showcase now:

And pics from November 2022 showing the tapestry and briefcase:

So I tried spotting the new things they might have pull out of storage, and I think this cool watch in the shape of a Phrygian cap wasn't on display before:

#carnavalet #robespierre #phrygian cap watch

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