This wrought iron ornament is on a Parisian door … you can almost tell by looking at it, can’t you! The symmetry and the symbolism of the patterns, the ornate curling ends and the flower design in the middle all echo those ringlet-ed towering hairstyles on French ladies back in the last couple of centuries.
As a side note – the photographer says to look at the close view to see how dirty Paris is. I think that this is only furthering the stereotype that all French people are dirty, so don’t recommend it … and besides that, I don’t want to discover that the ornament is not quite as dirty as some areas of my own house!

Photo credits: Parisian door by Claude Covo-Farchi

          

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