Tracks in floor, Livraria Chardron, 144 Rua das Carmelitas, Porto, Portugal. These railroad-like tracks, most probably used for moving boxes of books about the shop, show us nineteenth-century technology in the midst of nineteenth-century gothic revival design — precisely the collision one encounters in Scott's gothic Midland Grand Hotel adjacent to St. Pancras Railway Station in London. Photograph and text by George P. Landow. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL.]
Other views of interior and exterior
- Front elevation
- Detail of upper façade
- Interior viewed from entrance
- Ground floor ceiling
- Stairway from ground floor
- Stained-glass ceiling window
- Third-floor gothic ceiling
- Ceiling and back end of shop
- Third-floor Stained-glass windows
- Lamp suspended from wood and metal mount
- Gothic arched bookcase doors
- Gothic detail of bannisters
- Staircase
Last modified 8 January 2024