S051 - The Hotel Paris in Prague
Price:
2900 Kč
Miniature porcelain hotel:
In front of you are pictures of a detailed replica of a real hotel. It is a hand-crafted and faithfully processed porcelain model of hotel in Prague, which one of the largest. Our porcelain hotels are part of brand line that includes over 80 miniature houses found in Prague. From them you can build the Old Town Square, the Golden Lane or even a part of the Lesser Town.
How it comes about:
The basic model is made in scale according to the actual model. Then it’s converted in an elaborate way into a form, from which we obtain individual parts by casting porcelain mass. After assembling, retouching, drying and firing, careful and detailed revising begins again. This process is followed by hand painting with several layers of glaze and another firing at 1200 ° C. Last task is the final decor and firing in the kiln. It is a unique and sophisticated technique of creating models with the theme of historic hotels. You can see the result in front of you…
The goal:
Our aim is to capture the beauty of architecture in the imprint of ceramic clay and to transfer a piece of poetry of old Prague to your homes. Old Prague lovers in our country, as well as travelers from all over the world, have sets of entire streets and individual pieces of our models at home. It is a nice and valuable reminder of visiting Prague and Bohemia.
This product is made based on The Hotel Paris in Prague, which can be found at this address:
U Obecniho domu 1080/1, Old Town, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic
History of The Hotel Paris in Prague:
Arc On the place of today´s The Paris Hotel there used to stand mediaeval houses which were pulled down around 1900. The architects, Pfeifer and Vejrych, designed today’s existing building in 1904. Its front facade was partly changed between 1926-1928. From an architectonic point of view, the building itself is Art Nouveau, with a number of Neo-Gothic elements. Its distinctive feature is the tower, together with the iron canopy above the main entrance. J. Köhler’s mosaics decorate the ground floor interior. Its originally stylish furniture was later replaced by newer ones. This hotel underwent two major renovations in 1985 and 1993 and it was refurbished by copies of its original furniture. The Paris Hotel is one of the best-known hotels in Prague. Its restaurant was very popular in the 1920’s, and for that reason the novelist Bohumil Hrabal chose it as a setting for his novel “I served the King of England”.
Quality and packaging:
Our models are miniatures of real buildings. We place great importance on the quality and detail of the processing of our products. All the miniature hotels are hand-painted and hand-crafted from porcelain, so the individual pieces may differ slightly in size and color shade. Each item is original and unique. We pack them in handmade and fully recyclable cardboard boxes. Our more significant sets are packed in gift boxes with see through front.
P.S.
Our usual customers come from Europe, but we also send our hotels to the USA and Canada. We have been sending our little hotels to Asia and they are most liked in Japan and South Korea. We are happy we can please customers from Czech Republic and in the other parts of world alike.