Arc de Triomphe

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

The Arc de Triomphe stands at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. Twelve avenues radiate from the roundabout, which is the reason the square was originally named Place de l'Étoile.

Napoleon commissioned the arch in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz. The architect Jean Chalgrin began work in 1808. Construction stopped after Napoleon's fall and resumed under King Louis-Philippe, who inaugurated the finished monument on the 29th of July, 1836, thirty years after the original order.

The arch stands 50 metres tall, 45 metres wide, and 22 metres deep, making it the second-largest triumphal arch in the world. The rooftop terrace is reached by 284 steps, with an elevator serving visitors with reduced mobility for much of the ascent.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War lies beneath the central vault, added in 1920. The eternal flame above it was first kindled on the 11th of November, 1923, and has been rekindled in a brief ceremony every evening at six-thirty since.

The roundabout was renamed Place Charles de Gaulle in 1970, shortly after the general's death. Its older name, Place de l'Étoile, came from the star pattern formed by the twelve avenues that fan out from it. Both names are still used in conversation.

Four large relief groups stand on the four piers. The most famous is François Rude's Le Départ de 1792, called La Marseillaise, on the right face toward the Champs-Élysées. The inner walls carry the names of 158 battles and 660 French generals.

The arch is open most days of the year. Early morning before the crowds and the hour before sunset both work well; the daily rekindling of the flame is at six-thirty in the evening. The view from the rooftop down the Champs-Élysées is at its best in the gold of late afternoon.

It's been a meaningful gift for many of our customers with ties to the city. The Arc is one of the places Parisians return to: for the daily flame, for the view down the Champs-Élysées, for the marches each July 14th. A Coaster or a Small with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

The deep colour and stained-glass linework sit well in three palettes: traditional Parisian-apartment with brass and warm wood, contemporary gallery walls with cream and matte black, and jewel-tone maximalist rooms. The Medium or Large reads as the anchor piece on a single wall.

It works for both. The Arc is the most-recognised silhouette in France, and the studio's painted treatment leans warmer and more textural than the usual black-and-white photograph. It also pairs well with a small framed Eiffel Tower or Sacré-Cœur for a Parisian gallery wall.

A single Large is the usual choice above a sofa. For a longer wall or a more architectural look, a four-tile Mural reads as one painting, and a nine-tile Mural gives the arch its full presence, close to the scale a Paris window would give. Above a console, a Medium is the right weight.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish, which are scratch-resistant and built for vertical installation. The Glossy finish is for show-pieces and framed wall art and is not recommended in wet rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth and a little water. No abrasive scrubbers and no household chemicals; the colour lives in the ceramic surface and does not need treatment.

Yes. Every WenderVista painting is made in-house by Reid Wender, the studio's curator and eye. The work is not licensed from any other artist or stock library, and no two place-paintings repeat in the catalogue.