Blown glass suspension XIX

Rare! Candle lantern entrance to brothel, blown glass epoch XIX. Garnet pink color with arabesque patterns, everything is entirely original with the system of chains on pulleys to release the lower support to change the candle. Can very easily be electrified. Very nice room, in very good condition of use. Lupanar, brothel, brothel so many names used to evoke the places of pleasure that populate paris since the dawn of time. Sometimes tolerated, often repressed these establishments present since antiquity will know a history for the least eventful. It is saint louis that will opt for tolerance by regulating the activity of these specialized establishments. At the time, they must be marked by a red lantern and the shutters must be closed... Hence the name "brothel". In 1946, the former prostitute marthe richard passed a law (still in force today) that imposed their permanent closure. Lantern: diam: 22cm - top: 34cm - total top: 79cm.