Codice albumGBB-F-007959

Codice inventarioGBB-F-007959-0000

1870 ca, Paris, FRANCE: The french BELLE EPOQUE. Engraving titled LA VALSE A MABILLE (Museé de moeurs en actions-n. 43), printed in Paris by Bulla frères, from a design by LINDER, lithographed by Barry, printed by Lemercier Cie, Paris. The Bal Mabille also known as Jardin Mabille (and Mabille Gardens in English) was a fashionable open-air dance establishment on what is now Avenue Montaigne in Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris. It was opened in 1831 when the area was still largely rural, was struck by shells during the siege of Paris in 187071 and closed in 1875, was demolished in 1882. Both the polka and the can-can were reportedly introduced there. Honoré de Balzac mentions the Bal Mabille several times in" La Comédie humaine" as a place frequented by the kind of prostitute known at the time as a" lorette".

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