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Title Proper/Title Text
Padiglione dell'Union

Name of Publisher/Creator Identity
Stabilimento Borrani

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca.

Place of Publication/Creation Place
Florence

Dimensions Description
14x9 cm

Inscription Language
Italian (Language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Compagnie d'Assurances "L'Union" Kiosk

Descriptive Note Text

This color postcard depicts the kiosk of the French insurance company L'Union. The kiosk reproduced the Pavilion of Music, in the Petit Trianon in the gardens of Versailles. In 1758, Louis XV commissioned Ange-Jacques Gabriel, first architect to the King, to build a pavilion large enough for himself and his entourage. With the Petit Trianon, Gabriel created an example of the Greek neoclassical style that would become very popular in Europe at the time.

The kiosk was located in the gardens of the French section.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-CAUK-0001