Apartment Living in Paris This satirical cartoon shows a cutaway view of a typical layout for a city apartment in Europe around 1850. Take a close look at the inhabitants of each floor, at their possessions and behaviors. Can an analysis of household goods help define the social class of the various residents? How is social status coded in living space?
(By Charles Albert Arnoux [1820–1883]/from Tableau de Paris, 1852/akg-