Mascarons de l'île Feydeau, Nantes (44)

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Located at number 13 rue Kervégan in Nantes Link to MH \n The mascarons are faces, fantastic or grotesque masks decorating doors and windows. Those from Île Feydeau are particularly inspired by maritime colonial trade and mythology. Source \n On the facades of sumptuous buildings owned by shipowners in Nantes, one sometimes encounters sculptures of men and women with caricatured African features, testifying to the era of exploitation: flat nose, tightly curled hair, plump lips ...