Keywords: Salle des pas perdus de la nouvelle entrée du Palais de justice.jpg Artwork The name of this entranceway - Salle des pas perdus - could have two meanings in French Either it is the room of the un-lost or the room of lost footsteps The former would signify a remembrance of the dead and the latter would refer refer either to the acoustics of the room which presumably muffles the sound of footsteps or the lost steps taken around a room while one is waiting The new Palais was designed by the architect Mr Duc and completed in 1868 1875-1882 lithograph 11 x 13 cm Institution Brown University Library object history exhibition history credit line Published in Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer Paris à travers les âges Paris Firmin-Didot et cie 1885 accession number 1163692473562500 PD-old Lithographs of Paris Images of Paris from the Brown University Library Paris à travers les âges Historical images of Palais de justice de Paris Vestibule de Harlay du Palais de justice de Paris |