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The Paris Opera House
ThesectionofthebuildingsetasidefortheuseoftheEmperorNapoleonwastohaveincludedanantechamberforthebodyguards;asalonfortheaides-de-camp;alargesalonandasmalleronefortheEmpress;hatandcloakrooms,etc.Moreover,thereweretobeincloseproximitytotheentrance,stablesforthreecoaches,fortheoutriders’horses,andforthetwenty-onehorsemenactingasanescort;astationforasquadofinfantryofthirty-onemenandtencent-gardes,andastableforthehorsesofthelatter;and,besides,asalonforfifteenortwentydomestics.Thusarrangementshadtobemadetoaccommodateinthispartofthebuildingaboutonehundredpersons,fiftyhorses,andhalf-a-dozencarriages.ThefalloftheEmpiresuggestedsomechanges,butampleprovisionstillexistsforemergencies.
"Itsnovelconception,perfectfitness,andraresplendorofmaterial,makethegrandstairwayunquestionablyoneofthemostremarkablefeaturesofthebuilding.Itpresentstothespectator,whohasjustpassedthroughthesubscribers’pavilion,agorgeouspicture.Fromthispointhebeholdstheceilingformedbythecentrallanding;thisandthecolumnssustainingit,builtofEchaillonstone,arehoneycombedwitharabesquesandheavywithornaments;thestepsareofwhitemarble,andantiqueredmarblebalustersrestongreenmarblesocketsandsupportabalustradeofonyx.Totherightandtotheleftofthislandingarestairwaystothefloor,onaplanewiththefirstrowofboxes.OnthisfloorstandthirtymonolithcolumnsofSarrancolinmarble,withwhitemarblebasesandcapitals.
