RARE Antique 1896 PARIS MILLINERS Photos & Interior Salons, Hats, Rue de la Paix

Description: If you collect and study antique millinery and hats, this is a MUST for your collection....different than any other publication on hats......A rare peek into the actual millinery salons of Late Victorian and Edwardian Paris, France during The Opulent Era of Victorian and early Edwardian hats ....extremely rare. This folio is lovely....Title is " My Lady's Hat"...And it is full of wonderful full sized photos...Telling the charming story of how a French milliner hat winds up on the aristocratic head of a fine Victorian and Edwardian lady in America, and its travels across the ocean blue...From the Parisian Designer to the American Wearer....We thrill as a ship leaves the USA for France, where it will return to New York with many one of a kind Parisian hats .....First we see New York City and Broadway, home of Hill Brothers Millinery Importers....After showing us quite a few photos of the ship at port, at sea, and finely dressed Edwardian ladies and gents aboard ship, we arrive in England and then across the Channel to France...With full sized photographs of turn of the Century Paris and all the wonders of the French City of Lights...Lots of street scenes, Rue de la Paix... Paris shops and lanes, the Horse Races at Long Champs ("where the ladies costumes are elegant beyond description").......Gardens, Palaces, inside and out scenes...Really lovely....THEN....Be Still my heart!......We go INSIDE some of the MOST EXCLUSIVE Millinery Salons in the world... With many (I only show a few here) actual, good sized photographs of the incredible showrooms of Paris milliners, naming each salon and with actual photos of some of the "best" Milliners who make the hats....Giving a brief yet detailed history and description of each millinery establishment...The salons are lavish and incredible....Like palaces or parlors in a Newport Mansion...With hushed tones, we enter.....Gasp!....Fine oriental rugs, hand carved gilt furniture, silk draperies, antique paintings, and vaulted ceilings hung with crystal chandeliers...and there...look closely...among the finery are HUGE Edwardian hats...each is an exclusive, one of a kind hat , each costing a small fortune...perched on tall stands that are 6 feet tall, or tilted on golden cherub hatstands...placed in tall locked glass and mahogany cases...they are breathtaking.....Dripping with ostrich plumes, over sized silk bows..covered in silk flowers and unusual trims....WOW!....Who wore these hats?....A Vanderbuilt? Lady Duff Gordeon herself? Empresses, Duchesses and Princesses are listed among as their clients.... They show many fine Parisian Millinery Salons, and I only show you a "peek" here...the lucky winner get s to see them all...But I will tell you the names of the milliners and Salons....We have the best couture milliners on Paris!.. Here they are and I give only a brief snippet of text for each (much more details and photos on each one in the book)... Not a tiny pamphlet, this book has 32 numbered pages and measures 10" by 6". A very special book for the serious millinery and hat collector and researcher.MERCI, Thank you for looking. Please ask if you need more details. Thank you! SHIPPING...... We ship from the West Coast. Shipping will be less than shown for most of the West Coast. We normally ship every 3 business days. Please ask if you need this shipped faster or to arrive for a certain date and we can comply in most cases. Shipped USPS with insurance and tracking. West Coast ship may be less than shown and will be adjusted after auction ends. WE COMBINE SHIPPING to save you money on postage. NO RETURNS on antique books. So please ask if you have questions or concerns. PLEASE SEE OUR AUCTIONS FOR MORE ANTIQUE and VINTAGE HATS, Clothing, AND MORE....THANK YOU....Isadora PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS as they serve as part of the condition description. PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS. Selling as found, well described.

Price: 148 USD

Location: Long Beach, California

End Time: 2025-02-08T02:28:37.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.2 USD