Roses – wilted? — Notre-Dame de Paris
Above: Two original angels from the spandrels of the North Rose of Notre-Dame de Paris sold by Sotheby’s on June 17, 2015; Below are in-situ copies erected by Viollet-le-Duc in the 19th century. What happened to the roses at Notre-Dame? Deposited, never reassembled and doing the business of auctioneers? What can we say about the … Read more