The Great Family Houses of Europe

Arts & Photography

Alexis Gregory

Architecture

THAMES HUDSON LTD

<p>Whenever the rich and famous are in Paris, they head for the city’s most beautiful square, the Place Vendome, originally conceived by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, First Architect to the Sun King Louis XIV, as a tribute to the monarch. In this delightful volume, Alexis Gregory traces the wonderfully rich and varied tapestry of the Place Vendome, from the square’s beginnings as a high-risk property speculation, to its life in the twentieth century as Paris’s center of fashion, jewelry, high finance, and art, a playground for international society that converges at the Ritz, one of the most elegant and renowned hotels in the world, recently redesigned by Thierry Despont. The cast of extraordinary personalities who have left their mark on the square covers the spectrum from designers Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli to financiers J. P. Morgan and John Law, and every prominent name in art and high society―the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Vanderbilts, the Rothschilds, plus Russian grand dukes, Indian maharajas, and celebrities from Lillie Langtry to Ernest Hemingway, lending the Place Vendome an ineffable aura. This luxuriously illustrated and evocatively written book will be cherished by sybarites, francophiles, and fashionistas of every persuasion.</p>

Place Vendôme

History & Criticism

Assouline Publishing

COFFRET CHAUMET

Assouline

<p>César Ritz est l'hôtelier le plus inventif de tous les temps. Son nom reste synonyme de luxe et de raffinement car il a su donner une touche inimitable à la " grande vie " des palaces. En alliant l'esthétique aux exigences du confort moderne, une cuisine d'excellence et un service perfectionné, la " manière Ritz " a comblé les attentes et répondu aux exigences des célébrités, magnats des affaires et têtes couronnées qui ont marqué son histoire. Au-delà de la vie et des œuvres de César Ritz retracées et illustrées dans cet ouvrage, le style Ritz demeure un symbole pour les connaisseurs et hédonistes d'aujourd'hui.</p>

Ritz Paris

Editions Assouline

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