"Historic Houses Of Paris: Residences Of The Ambassadors" 2010 STELLA, Alain
$150
STELLA, Alain
[376] pp.
Flammarion
2010
14" x 10 3/4"
Many historic homes in Paris serve as residences to foreign ambassadors; these historical sites are closed to the general public. From a seventeenth-century ht el 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 Parisfrom China and Peru to Egypt and Poland. Tapestries inspired by Goyas drawings grace the lavish salons at the Spanish residence. Jean Prouv and Charlotte Perriand created a minimalist interior at the Japanese residence that evokes the refined style of a traditional Japanese home. The palace of Eug e de Beauharnaishome to the German ambassadors since 1818retains 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photographs, specially commissioned for this book over the course of a year, divulge the secrets of these previously unpublished artistic and architectural treasures."â "Publisher || Mansions -- France -- Paris. Historic buildings -- France -- Paris. Ambassadors -- Dwellings -- France -- Paris. Ambassadors -- Dwellings. Buildings. Historic buildings. Mansions.