Historic Houses of Paris: Residences of the Ambassadors
Historic Houses of Paris: Residences of the Ambassadors
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Stella, Alain. Historic Houses of Paris: Residences of the Ambassadors
Cl. Flammarion. 2010
Book ID: 90162
A unique glimpse inside a world of luxury, tradition, and splendor. Many historic homes in Paris serve as residences to foreign ambassadors; these historical sites are closed to the general public. From a seventeenth-century hotel particulier, to a Belle Epoque palace, to a distinctively contemporary setting, each residence rivals the next in its beauty, art collection, and period furniture set against a backdrop of accomplished refinement. Alain Stella invites us over the threshold inside the most prestigious chancelleries and ambassador residences in ParisÑfrom China and Peru to Egypt and Poland. Tapestries inspired by GoyaÕs drawings grace the lavish salons at the Spanish residence. Jean Prouve and Charlotte Perriand created a minimalist interior at the Japanese residence that evokes the refined style of a traditional Japanese home. The palace of Eugene de Beauharnais -- home to the German ambassadors since 1818 -- retains its elaborate Empire style, intact since the time of Josephine. Superb photographs, specially commissioned for this book over the course of a year, divulge the secrets of these previously unpublished artistic and architectural treasures. Photographs by Francis Hammond.
376 pp.
