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Place Vendome
Seiten
2015
Assouline (Verlag)
978-1-61428-276-1 (ISBN)
Assouline (Verlag)
978-1-61428-276-1 (ISBN)
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Annotated maps on endpapers of the Place Vendaome and surrounding streets.
Whenever the rich and famous are in Paris, they head for the city's most beautiful square, the Place Vendome. This evocatively written volume traces the square's history from its beginnings in the timeof Louis XIV to its life in the twentieth century as Paris's center of fashion, jewelry, high finance, and art. From designers Chanel and Schiaparelli to European high society, Russian grand dukes, Indian maharajas, and celebrities from Lillie Langtry to Ernest Hemingway, a cast of extraordinary personalities have lent the Place Vendome an ineffable aura.
Whenever the rich and famous are in Paris, they head for the city's most beautiful square, the Place Vendome. This evocatively written volume traces the square's history from its beginnings in the timeof Louis XIV to its life in the twentieth century as Paris's center of fashion, jewelry, high finance, and art. From designers Chanel and Schiaparelli to European high society, Russian grand dukes, Indian maharajas, and celebrities from Lillie Langtry to Ernest Hemingway, a cast of extraordinary personalities have lent the Place Vendome an ineffable aura.
Alexis Gregory is the founder of Vendome Press, a publishing house with a special commitment to fine arts, music, architecture, and culture. Gregory has contributed to magazines including Vanity Fair, Conde Nast Traveler, and Town & Country, and he has written books on travel and the Gilded Age, including The Golden Age of Travel; Families of Fortune: Life in the Gilded Age; and Private Splendor: Great Families at Home,. He also wrote In the Spirit of Venice for Assouline.
Sprache | englisch |
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Maße | 229 x 298 mm |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-61428-276-5 / 1614282765 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-61428-276-1 / 9781614282761 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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