{"product_id":"9781788843959","title":"Boucheron","description":"\u003cb\u003eBoucheron: Secret Archives is the untold story of Maison Boucheron, one of the great Parisian jewelers of the last 150 years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoucheron: Secret Archives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells the true story of Maison Boucheron, the oldest jeweler on Place Vendôme. Fifteen years after the first publication, new documents and photographs discovered in the Boucheron archives and private collections have allowed jewelry historian Vincent Meylan to reveal more remarkable discoveries about the history of this great Parisian jeweler house, bringing the glittering world of diamonds and pearls, intrigue and power to life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFrom ‘Ladies of Sin’ to the ‘Kings and Queens of the World’, the Maison’s extraordinary, colorful clientèle included La Païva, The Countess of Castiglione, Tsar Nicholas II, the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales, Lord Mountbatten and the Duke of Kent, the Vanderbilts, the Rothschilds, Sarah Bernhardt, Rita Hayworth, the Aga Khan, the Iranian and Egyptian royal families and more. For over a century-and-a-half, Boucheron has fashioned some of the most exquisite jewelry, from Margaret Greville’s fabulous treasure left to the Queen Mother to the spectacular emerald necklaces created for the Maharajah of Patiala.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFeaturing over 300 illustrations and documents, these pages include newly discovered original design sketches, black-and-white archive images and sumptuous color photographs of Boucheron’s exquisite creations.","brand":"Simon and Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":59982215020830,"sku":"9781788843959","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/8436\/0222\/files\/9781788843959.jpg?v=1789737928","url":"https:\/\/shop.simonandschuster.com\/products\/9781788843959","provider":"Simon and Schuster","version":"1.0","type":"link"}