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In 1899 Paris city has organised a World’s fair, a true showcase of the French expertise. It represented an opportunity for Gustave Eiffel to imagine and devise the famous tower which became a symbol for the capital. At the end of the 19th century the Eiffel Tower is an architectural and technological achievement and the… Read more »

From the start of explorations for the “New World” or South Pacific Islands, mariners brought many “souvenirs” from their trip. Europeans are passionate for this far away civilisations and the wealthier get their own cabinet of curiosities. That was how a first temporary ethnographic Museum gathering many private collections opened its doors in Paris in… Read more »

C’est vers le milieu du 19ème siècle que le jeune Louis Vuitton décide de devenir malletier et de fabriquer des coffres de voyage pour l’élégante clientèle parisienne. Très vite, ses créations remportent un vif succès, notamment auprès de l’impératrice Eugénie et de la noblesse française, ce qui lui permet d’ouvrir une première boutique dans la… Read more »