Cтиле Наполеон III / Артикул.1146
Porte d'entr�e en fer forgé "Lloyd"
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широта 164cm
высота 297cm
Источник:
19th century
Door with a wooden structure, a central glass pane and a large wrought iron decoration dominated by the figure of an anchor, the symbol of Lloyds the famous insurance company. In each corner, a medallion presents a woman's profile. In the tradition of geographical allegories, each part of the world is represented by a woman's face in profile: An Egyptian for the middle East, a Black African for Africa, an Indian for the Americas, and a Japanese for the far East.
In about 1670, in London, business men would gather every day for a drink at the Lloyds coffee house and participate in insuring merchants ships and their merchandise in a similar fashion that one would play the market at the stock exchange. When a ship was deemed lost or sunk Lloyd would ring a bell and announce the bad
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