Antique & Vintage Postcards

Sepia-toned photographic postcard of the cloister gallery at the Hôtel Jules César in Arles, Provence — a dramatic perspective down a long barrel-vaulted arcade, the arched windows along the right wall throwing light into the stone corridor. Large clay amphora-style jars line the wall below the windows, and an ornate iron lantern hangs from the vaulted ceiling. The image captures the serene, monastic atmosphere of the 17th-century Carmelite convent that became Arles's most distinguished hotel.