Roses – withered? – of Notre-Dame de Paris | Architectural Chronicles

Roses - withered?  - of Notre-Dame de Paris |  Architectural Chronicles

Above: two original angels from the north rose spandrels of Notre-Dame de Paris sold June 17, 2015 by Sotheby’s; at the bottom the in situ copies placed in the 19th century by Viollet-le-Duc. What happened to the roses of Notre-Dame? Deposited, never reassembled and doing the auctioneers business? What can we say about the pale … Read more