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from 1874 to 1879. Lefuel, who disliked the giant order as a matter of principle and found it unsuitable for the Louvre, went on to reconstruct the North Wing on a slightly broadened footprint, but works to that end stopped around the time of his death in 1880. As a consequence, the North Wing is now
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in the Pavillon de Marsan was stillborn, even though the building was used in the late 19th century to store archives of that institution. In 1897 the Pavillon and Aile de Marsan were eventually given over to the
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Ground-floor plan showing the pavilion and the first bay of the North Wing (at top), which contains the grand staircase, detail from an engraving by Jean Marot
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in the 1850s and the demolition of the Tuileries' remains in the early 1880s, it is now the northwestern tip of the
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extended the North Wing to the east in order to complete the Louvre Palace but only went as far as the
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in 1878. Further east are a series of eight pediments with allegorical sculptures, namely
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In the third quarter of the 18th century the Pavillon de Marsan included the apartment of
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View of the east side with the first bay of the North Wing, 18th-century watercolor by
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On Marot's engravings it is marked: "Pavillon du côté de la rue St Honoré". The
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assisted by Paul Lorain. The Arts Décoratifs Library opened in 1904 and the
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Frieze with letters "R" (for République) and window arch at the first floor
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West façade facing the garden, detail from a c.1670 engraving by
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The pavilion was originally built in 1666, based on a design by
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In 1871 the Pavillon de Marsan burned down together with the
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Les Tuileries : Fastes et maléfices d’un palais disparu
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in 1807–1812. For each of these façades Le Vau employed the
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completion of the joining of the Louvre and the Tuileries
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Tuileries Garden
Tuileries Palace
Paris
Paris Commune
completion of the joining of the Louvre and the Tuileries
Louvre Palace
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Louvre
Louis Le Vau
Pavillon de Flore
Théâtre des Tuileries
Grande Galerie
Percier and Fontaine
giant order
Henry IV
West façade facing the garden, detail from a c.1670 engraving by Jean Marot
Jean Marot
Ground-floor plan showing the pavilion and the first bay of the North Wing (at top), which contains the grand staircase, detail from an engraving by Jean Marot
View of the east side with the first bay of the North Wing, 18th-century watercolor by Hugues Taraval
Hugues Taraval
Marie Louise de Rohan
Gaston, Count of Marsan
rue Saint-Honoré
French Revolution
Madame Adélaïde
Percier and Fontaine
Napoleon III's Louvre expansion
Henri, Count of Chambord
Tuileries Palace

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