{"product_id":"belle-epoque-life-in-paris","title":"Belle Epoque Life in Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on\npreviously unpublished documents, this book traces the life in Paris of\nCountess Olga von Hohenfelsen, later known as Princess Paley, the morganatic\nwife of Grand Duke Paul of Russia, uncle of the last emperor, Nicholas\nII. While immersing the reader in the world of\nMarcel Proust (most of Princess Paley's social contacts had fed the writer's\nimagination), the book explores the couple's day-to-day life, highlighting\ntheir relationships with leading suppliers such as couturiers Worth and Paquin\nand the jeweller Cartier. It also provides an overview of the Parisian art\nmarket, and studies the development of the couple's successive residences from\nParis to St. Petersburg. For a time in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution,\nthe significant collection and the palace built to house it were shown to the\npublic as the Museum of French Art and History. Dispersed during the 1920s by\nthe Soviet authorities, the collection is studied as a whole here for the first\ntime. Published first in French in 2018, this updated English version includes\nan additional chapter on Princess Natalie Paley, as many works of art and\narchival documents from the family are now preserved at Hillwood Estate, Museum\n\u0026amp; Gardens. The couple's youngest child, Natalie Paley continued her\nfamily's legacy of contributing to culture and the arts well into the 20th\ncentury while living in Paris and the United States,\nwhere she was more than a muse to writers, designers, photographers, and\nartists, whom she influenced. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"D Giles Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249414099288,"sku":"9781917273060","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781917273060_e478d640-4886-48d1-8e49-25ad2e0b69ee.jpg?v=1777876250","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/belle-epoque-life-in-paris","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}