Paris, France — There are swans and water lilies, Egyptian scarabs, butterflies and sycomores alongside fabulous fuschias, the famous chimeras of Cartier and René Lalique’s wood anemone. As the high jewellery houses […]
Draw Me a Jewel
The Last King
Paris, France — With the last king came the last coronation in France. Charles X succeeded his two brothers, Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, ascending to the throne in 1824 and tried […]
Luxurious Moments in Time: Radiator Grille Time
Ultimate luxury emerges in a magnificent table clock into which the houses of Bugatti, Jacob & Co. and Lalique have brought their inimitable talents together. The clock revolves around the iconic radiator […]
Monaco Grand Prix Suite Time
MONTE CARLO, Monaco — It is often regarded as one of the most prestigious and one of the most important automobile races in the world. And along with The Indianapolis 500 and […]
The U.S Postal Service Shines at the San Diego Stamp Show
Stamps and stamp collecting, often regarded as the king of hobbies, but what makes stamps so seductive that millions of people around the world collect them. Queen Elizabeth II, Charlie Chaplin, Amelia […]
Another Great Gibson Guitar: The Gibson Custom Brian May SJ-200 12 String Acoustic Guitar
Sir Brian May performs on his new Gibson Custom Brian May SJ-200 12-String acoustic guitar at the Gibson Garage London. Photo Gibson. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette LONDON, UK —Queen legend Sir […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Find: An Exceptional Engraving
This is the gift for enthusiasts of the Impressionist art movement at its best: an exceptional engraving of Edouard Manet’s Le Dejeuner sur l’Herbe, by Jacques Villon (real name Gaston Duchamp, brother […]
Color Me Notre-Dame
Paris, France — It is one of the mythical roadways in Paris, the Quai de Montebello running along the Left Bank of the Seine and which offers unparalleled views of Notre-Dame and […]
A Great Gibson Celebration
Orville Gibson fashioned his earliest known instrument, a 10-string mandolin-guitar, 130 years ago in 1894. The native of Franklin County, New York would go on to found the Gibson Guitar Company in […]
The Sparkling Fashion of 18th Century Pocket Luxury
Paris, France — Tiny perfume bottles, tobacco pouches, snuffboxes( carried by women as well as men) and beauty boxes (often holding a beauty mark) with a mirror on the inside lid all […]
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