Palais Garnier Facade

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 Palais Garnier stands at Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, at the head of Avenue de l'Opéra. Charles Garnier built it for Napoleon III between 1861 and 1875. It remains one of two houses of the Opéra national de Paris.

Charles Garnier designed both the building and its facade, winning the open competition of 1861 against 170 other entries. The style is Beaux-Arts; Garnier himself called it the Napoléon III style. The building opened on 5 January 1875 under the Third Republic.

Four sculptural groups stand along the lower colonnade, including La Danse by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux from 1869. Gilded bronze busts of Rossini, Beethoven, Mozart, Halévy, Auber and Meyerbeer run above the loggia. Aimé Millet's gilded Apollo crowns the apex of the roof.

No. Carpeaux's original La Danse was moved indoors in 1964 to protect it from pollution and now lives at the Musée d'Orsay. The copy now on the facade was carved by Paul Belmondo. The other three groups along the colonnade are originals.

Métro Opéra serves lines 3, 7 and 8 and exits at Place de l'Opéra, directly in front of the facade. RER A stops at Auber, one block north. Several buses including 20, 21 and 27 stop at Opéra. The building is roughly fifteen minutes on foot from the Louvre.

Yes. The Opéra national de Paris sells visit tickets and the building is generally open 10:00 to 17:00, with longer summer hours. Visitors see the Grand Escalier, the Grand Foyer, and, when no rehearsal is on, the auditorium beneath the Marc Chagall ceiling of 1964.

The Palais Garnier was the only Paris opera house from 1875 until 1989. The Opéra Bastille opened in 1989 to take the larger productions; the Garnier now hosts most ballet and a curated opera programme. Together they form the Opéra national de Paris.

It has been a meaningful gift for our customers with ties to the city. The Palais Garnier facade is the Paris of the late nineteenth century: the boulevard, the gilded sculpture, the polychrome marble. A Small or Medium pairs well with a handwritten note from the studio.

Yes. The facade is the public face of the Opéra national de Paris and carries the four sculptural groups, the composer busts and Apollo at the apex. A Large reads as a portrait of the company itself; a Coaster Set carries the same motif at table scale.

The deep colour and ornate elevation pair well with three families: Parisian classique, Jewel-tone Maximalist, and traditional Old World interiors. The piece carries enough visual weight to anchor a wall in a dining room or library, and reads against dark paint as well as cream.

A single Large hangs comfortably above most sofas. For a wider sofa or a statement wall, a 4-tile Mural extends the facade across more space; a 9-tile Mural turns the wall into the facade itself. Above a console, a Medium or Large sits at the right scale.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any vertical install in a wet room or near a stove. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure and lives in the surface, so the piece reads the same in steam as on a dry wall.

A soft microfibre cloth and water. Wipe in one direction. No solvents, no abrasive pads. The thin glossy finish on a Glossy tile takes regular dusting; the Dura Satin and Matte finishes both shrug off splashes and resist scratching.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted by Reid Wender, the curator. No licensing, no stock art, no resale of other artists' work. The Palais Garnier Facade entered the atlas as part of the European program.