The French Royal Wardrobe
The Hôtel de la Marine Restored
$166.40
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
28 April 2022
Summary
The Hôtel de la Marine, an exemplary monument on Paris’s Place de la Concorde, is a superb architectural achievement constructed in the eighteenth century by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the official architect of King Louis XV. The institution it housed was charged with choosing, purchasing, and maintaining all of the king’s furniture-from beds to the simplest chair-and the crown’s treasures were stored here until 1789, after which it became the site of the Ministry of the Navy for more than two hun…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9782080261328 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 2080261320 |
| Author: | Gabriel Bauret, Jérôme Hanover, Ambroise Tézenas |
| Publisher: | Editions Flammarion |
| Imprint: | Flammarion |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 28 April 2022 |
| Weight: | 2.66kg |
| Dimensions: | 39mm x 269mm x 342mm |
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Critics Review
“The authors of the book that presents its history, noted journalist J
“The authors of the book that presents its history, noted journalist Jérôme Hanover, and historian and curator Gabriel Bauret, take readers through the metamorphosis of the Parisian gem.” —SAXONHENRY.COM
Gabriel Bauret
Jérôme Hanover is a fashion and luxury journalist. He regularly writes for Vogue Paris, GQ, and Le Figaro, and contributed to Dior in Bloom (Flammarion, 2020).
Gabriel Bauret is a photography historian, independent curator, and author.
Ambroise Tézenas’s photographs have been published in Presidential Residences in France (Flammarion, 2021), Be My Guest (Flammarion, 2020), and Beijing: Theatre of the People (2006), which won a best European book of photography prize. His work has been exhibited all over Europe and Asia.
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