THE ICONIC LUXURY DESIGN HOUSE HERMES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL LAUNCH ITS FIRST FURNITURE COLLECTION DURING THE SALONE DEL MOBILE, RUNNING 12-17.APRIL. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PIERRE-ALEXIS DUMAS HAS TEAMED UP WITH DESIGNERS INCLUDING ENZO MARI, DENIS MONTEL AND ANTONIO CITTERIO TO CREATE FURNISHINGS, FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SELECT HERMES BOUTIQUES THIS FALL. IN ADDITION, AS PART OF A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH ITALIAN MANUFACTURER DEDAR, HERMES WILL PRESENT A RANGE OF HOME FABRICS, WALLPAPER AND CARPETS. UNDER THE LABEL OF NEWLY FORMED VENTURE FAUBOURG ITALIA, THE LINE WILL GO ON SALE IN HERMES AS WELL AS DEDAR BOUTIQUES IN MAY.

HERMES TO LAUNCH FURNISHINGS COLLECTION

THE ICONIC LUXURY DESIGN HOUSE HERMES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL LAUNCH ITS FIRST FURNITURE COLLECTION DURING THE SALONE DEL MOBILE, RUNNING 12-17.APRIL. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PIERRE-ALEXIS DUMAS HAS TEAMED UP WITH DESIGNERS INCLUDING ENZO MARI, DENIS MONTEL AND ANTONIO CITTERIO TO CREATE FURNISHINGS, FURNITURE AND ACCESSORIES THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN SELECT HERMES BOUTIQUES THIS FALL. IN ADDITION, AS PART OF A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH ITALIAN MANUFACTURER DEDAR, HERMES WILL PRESENT A RANGE OF HOME FABRICS, WALLPAPER AND CARPETS. UNDER THE LABEL OF NEWLY FORMED VENTURE FAUBOURG ITALIA, THE LINE WILL GO ON SALE IN HERMES AS WELL AS DEDAR BOUTIQUES IN MAY.

HERMES TO LAUNCH FURNISHINGS COLLECTION

LUXURY CRYSTAL MAKERS BACCARAT HAS RECENTLY RELEASED A STUNNING AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF HOMEWARES DESIGNED BY DUTCH INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER MARCEL WANDERS. THE COLLECTION FEATURES NATURE AS ITS MAIN THEME USING SEVERAL WORLDS TO CROSS THE HOUSE AND FUNCTION BOTH AS HOMEWARE AND DECORATIVE ART. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES A CANDLE AS THE FOREST OF DREAMS, MONUMENTAL VASES AS THE SURF'S FOREST, WINE GLASSES AS THE DRUNKENNESS OF THE WOODS AND SHINY AND ELEGANT DECANTERS TO FINISH OFF THE COLLECTION. THE BACCARAT L'ESPRIT DES BOIS COLLECTION IS EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE FROM BACCARAT BOUTIQUES WORLDWIDE.

BACCARAT L'ESPRIT DES BOIS COLLECTION

LUXURY CRYSTAL MAKERS BACCARAT HAS RECENTLY RELEASED A STUNNING AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF HOMEWARES DESIGNED BY DUTCH INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER MARCEL WANDERS. THE COLLECTION FEATURES NATURE AS ITS MAIN THEME USING SEVERAL WORLDS TO CROSS THE HOUSE AND FUNCTION BOTH AS HOMEWARE AND DECORATIVE ART. THE COLLECTION INCLUDES A CANDLE AS THE FOREST OF DREAMS, MONUMENTAL VASES AS THE SURF'S FOREST, WINE GLASSES AS THE DRUNKENNESS OF THE WOODS AND SHINY AND ELEGANT DECANTERS TO FINISH OFF THE COLLECTION. THE BACCARAT L'ESPRIT DES BOIS COLLECTION IS EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE FROM BACCARAT BOUTIQUES WORLDWIDE.

BACCARAT L'ESPRIT DES BOIS COLLECTION

AN 18th CENTURY MAHOGANY BUREAU TABLE CARVED BY NEWPORT'S MOST CELEBRATED CABINETMAKER SOLD FOR A STUNNING $5.7 MILLION AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, PLACING IT AMONG THE HIGHEST AUCTION PIECES EVER REALIZED FOR AN ITEM OF AMERICAN FURNITURE. OFFERED AT $700,000-900,000, THE TABLE WAS PURSUED BY MULTIPLE BIDDERS, WHO RAPIDLY DROVE THE PRICE TO THE $3 MILLION THRESHOLD. FROM THERE ON TWO DEDICATED BIDDERS IN THE SALESROOM BATTLED BACK AND FORTH FOR THE HANDSOMELY CARVED TABLE BEFORE A HUSHED AUDIENCE OF CLIENTS AND ON-LOOKERS, UNTIL AUCTIONEER JOHN HAYS DROPPED THE GAVEL AT $5 MILLION, WITH PREMIUM. THE FINAL PRICE REALIZED WAS $5,682,500. THE TABLE, KNOWN AS THE CATHERINE GODDARD CHIPPENDALE BLOCK-AND-SHELL CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY BUREAU TABLE, IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND CABINETMAKER JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785). MASTERFULLY DESIGNED AND CRAFTED, THE TABLE IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE CELEBRATED NEWPORT STYLE OF BLOCK-AND-SHELL CARVING. GODDARD WAS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF EARLY AMERICA'S MOST TALENTED CABINET-MAKERS AND HIS CREATIONS WERE SOUGHT AFTER BY THE PORT CITY'S MOST WELL TO DO MERCHANTS. A HANDWRITTEN LABEL IN THE TOP DRAWER OF THE TABLE INDICATES THAT GODDARD MADE THE KNEE-HOLE BUREAU CIRCA 1765 EXPRESSLY FOR HIS DAUGHTER, CATHERINE GODDARD, AND MAY HAVE GIVEN IT TO HER AS A WEDDING PRESENT. THE TABLE REMAINED WITHIN HIS DAUGHTER'S FAMILY THROUGH SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF DESCENDANTS UNTIL IT WAS SOLD BY THE CABINETMAKER'S GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER MARY BRIGG (WEAVER) CASE IN THE EARLY 1900s. THE TABLE LAST SOLD AT AUCTION IN JANUARY 2005 FOR $940,000.

CHRISTIE'S SELLS 18th CENTURY MAHOGANY BUREAU TABLE FOR $5.7 MILLION

AN 18th CENTURY MAHOGANY BUREAU TABLE CARVED BY NEWPORT'S MOST CELEBRATED CABINETMAKER SOLD FOR A STUNNING $5.7 MILLION AT CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, PLACING IT AMONG THE HIGHEST AUCTION PIECES EVER REALIZED FOR AN ITEM OF AMERICAN FURNITURE. OFFERED AT $700,000-900,000, THE TABLE WAS PURSUED BY MULTIPLE BIDDERS, WHO RAPIDLY DROVE THE PRICE TO THE $3 MILLION THRESHOLD. FROM THERE ON TWO DEDICATED BIDDERS IN THE SALESROOM BATTLED BACK AND FORTH FOR THE HANDSOMELY CARVED TABLE BEFORE A HUSHED AUDIENCE OF CLIENTS AND ON-LOOKERS, UNTIL AUCTIONEER JOHN HAYS DROPPED THE GAVEL AT $5 MILLION, WITH PREMIUM. THE FINAL PRICE REALIZED WAS $5,682,500. THE TABLE, KNOWN AS THE CATHERINE GODDARD CHIPPENDALE BLOCK-AND-SHELL CARVED AND FIGURED MAHOGANY BUREAU TABLE, IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND CABINETMAKER JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785). MASTERFULLY DESIGNED AND CRAFTED, THE TABLE IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF THE CELEBRATED NEWPORT STYLE OF BLOCK-AND-SHELL CARVING. GODDARD WAS WIDELY RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF EARLY AMERICA'S MOST TALENTED CABINET-MAKERS AND HIS CREATIONS WERE SOUGHT AFTER BY THE PORT CITY'S MOST WELL TO DO MERCHANTS. A HANDWRITTEN LABEL IN THE TOP DRAWER OF THE TABLE INDICATES THAT GODDARD MADE THE KNEE-HOLE BUREAU CIRCA 1765 EXPRESSLY FOR HIS DAUGHTER, CATHERINE GODDARD, AND MAY HAVE GIVEN IT TO HER AS A WEDDING PRESENT. THE TABLE REMAINED WITHIN HIS DAUGHTER'S FAMILY THROUGH SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF DESCENDANTS UNTIL IT WAS SOLD BY THE CABINETMAKER'S GREAT-GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER MARY BRIGG (WEAVER) CASE IN THE EARLY 1900s. THE TABLE LAST SOLD AT AUCTION IN JANUARY 2005 FOR $940,000.

CHRISTIE'S SELLS 18th CENTURY MAHOGANY BUREAU TABLE FOR $5.7 MILLION

THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF IRELAND ARE NOT AS WELL KNOWN AND CELEBRATED AS THOSE OF ENGLAND, YET NO SERIOUS STUDENT OF THE FORM CAN AFFORD TO MISS WHAT ARE UNDOUBTEDLY SOME OF THE MOST STUNNING EXAMPLES ON THE EMERALD ISLE. TEN EXQUISITE IRISH COUNTRY ESTATES ARE GIVEN LAVISH TREATMENT IN THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE, A BEAUTIFUL NEW BOOK BY IRISH ARISTOCRAT THE KNIGHT OF GILN, WHOSE OWN CASTLE IS AMONG THE FINEST, AND JAMES PEILL FROM THE VENDOME PRESS. ALL OF THE HISTORICAL HOUSES AND CASTLES FEATURED IN THE BOOK ARE STILL OWNED AND LIVED IN BY THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES, AN INCREASING RARITY, AND MANY HAVE NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE. SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES FENNELL SHOW GRAND BUT INVITING LIVING ROOMS, HALLWAYS LINED WITH HUNTING PRINTS, WELL-TRAMPLED MUDROOMS AND RICHLY-FURNISHED LIBRARIES. THE DECOR OF THE HOUSES HAS 'EVOLVED OVER GENERATIONS, FURNISHED WITH HEIRLOOMS AND CHERISHED HAND-ME-DOWNS, EXUDING THE MOSSY SCENT OF PEAT FIRES', FULL OF TELLING DETAILS CAPTURING THE DISTINCTIVE PERSONALITIES OF THE COLOURFUL INHABITANTS WHOSE STORIES ARE RECOUNTED IN THE TEXT.

"THE IRISH COUNTRY HOME"

THE COUNTRY HOUSES OF IRELAND ARE NOT AS WELL KNOWN AND CELEBRATED AS THOSE OF ENGLAND, YET NO SERIOUS STUDENT OF THE FORM CAN AFFORD TO MISS WHAT ARE UNDOUBTEDLY SOME OF THE MOST STUNNING EXAMPLES ON THE EMERALD ISLE. TEN EXQUISITE IRISH COUNTRY ESTATES ARE GIVEN LAVISH TREATMENT IN THE IRISH COUNTRY HOUSE, A BEAUTIFUL NEW BOOK BY IRISH ARISTOCRAT THE KNIGHT OF GILN, WHOSE OWN CASTLE IS AMONG THE FINEST, AND JAMES PEILL FROM THE VENDOME PRESS. ALL OF THE HISTORICAL HOUSES AND CASTLES FEATURED IN THE BOOK ARE STILL OWNED AND LIVED IN BY THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES, AN INCREASING RARITY, AND MANY HAVE NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE. SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES FENNELL SHOW GRAND BUT INVITING LIVING ROOMS, HALLWAYS LINED WITH HUNTING PRINTS, WELL-TRAMPLED MUDROOMS AND RICHLY-FURNISHED LIBRARIES. THE DECOR OF THE HOUSES HAS 'EVOLVED OVER GENERATIONS, FURNISHED WITH HEIRLOOMS AND CHERISHED HAND-ME-DOWNS, EXUDING THE MOSSY SCENT OF PEAT FIRES', FULL OF TELLING DETAILS CAPTURING THE DISTINCTIVE PERSONALITIES OF THE COLOURFUL INHABITANTS WHOSE STORIES ARE RECOUNTED IN THE TEXT.

"THE IRISH COUNTRY HOME"

IT'S NOT EXACTLY OPENING YOUR HOME TO GUESTS AT A HOLIDAY PARTY, BUT FOR THE ICONIC HOLLYWOOD LEGEND BARBRA STREISAND AND HER FANS, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. THIS WEEK STREISAND HAS SEEN HER FIRST BOOK LAND IN STORES, BUT IT'S NO MEMOIR OF STAR TURNS IN FILMS SUCH AS 'FUNNY GIRL' OR 'THE WAY WE WERE', NOR DOES IT RECOUNT THE MAKING OF ALBUMS THAT HAVE SOLD OVER 71 MILLION COPIES. FOR HER DEBUT AS AN AUTHOR, STREISAND HAS INSTEAD WRITTEN ABOUT HER LOVE OF ARCHITECTURE, ART, FURNITURE AND LANDSCAPING IN 'MY PASSION FOR DESIGN'. BUT DON'T BE FOOLED BY ITS TITLE BECAUSE WITHIN THE PAGES, THE STAR TELLS TALES FROM HER LIFE AND CARRIER THAT INFLUENCED THE CHOICES SHE MADE IN DESIGNING HER DREAM HOME IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA. 'I THINK IT MAKES IT MORE INTERESTING', SHE TOLD REUTERS ABOUT THE BOOK'S FIRST PERSON STYLE. 'PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO WRITE NY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE YET AND BE THAT PERSONAL. I GUESS IT CREPT INTO MY OWN WRITING.' THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK FROM VIKING PUBLISHERS TAKES READERS ON STREISAND'S YEARS LONG JOURNEY PLANNING, BUILDING AN FURNISHING THE COMPOUND THAT RESEMBLES A 19th CENTURY NEW ENGLAND FARM WITH A BARN, MILL HOUSE, MAIN HOUSE, GRANDMA'S HOUSE AND EVEN A CHICKEN COOP. IT IS NOT THE FIRST HOUSE THE SINGER HAS DESIGNED FOR HERSELF. IN FACT, IT FOLLOWS SEVERAL OTHERS INCLUDING AN ART DECO THEMED HOUSE, AND HER NEW YORK CITY APARTMENTS. BUT IT IS THE HOME IN WHICH STREISAND AND HER HUSBAND JAMES BROLIN SPEND MOST ALL THEIR TIME AND IT IS, IN A WORD, RATHER COMFY. ADDING TO THE BOOK'S PERSONAL TOUCHES, AVID PHOTOGRAPHER STREISAND TOOK MOST ALL THE PICTURES HERSELF. IN THE INTRODUCTION, READERS LEARN STREISAND LIKES TO SPEND HER MORNINGS IN BED, WITH HER DOG SAMANTHA AT HER FEET. IT IS THERE THAT SHE WRITES, READS, EATS AND EVEN TRADES STOCKS. 'IT'S A WAY OF GAMBLING WITHOUT HAVING TO GET DRESSED', STREISAND WRITES. SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY FROM WHERE SHE DERIVED HER LOVE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, BUT ADDS IT CERTAINLY WASN'T FROM HER MOTHER, WHO COVERED THEIR FURNITURE IN PLASTIC WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING DAMAGED. IN STREISAND'S MALIBU HOME, NOTHING IS SHEATHED. THE BOOKS IS DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE SECTIONS COVERING THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES WITHIN THE COMPOUND. SHE STARTS IN THE CHICKEN COOP, WHERE SHE HOUSES HENS WHO LAY EGGS, AND SHE COVERS THE GARDENS WHERE SHE GROWS HER OWN VEGETABLES. HER 'BARN' IS A HOME, REALLY, NO STALLS FOR LIVESTOCK, BUT STREISAND IS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT SHE DOESN'T LIVE THERE. THE MAIN HOUSE IS HER HOME. 'BUILDING THE BARN WAS LIKE COMPLETING AN ART PROJECT', SHE WRITES. THE DESIGN STYLES SPAN ROUGHLY THREE CENTURIES, FROM THE 18th THROUGH THE 20th, BUT THE COMMON THEME IS A LOVE OF AMERICANA. THERE IS HER 'FEDERAL LOUNGE', THAT LOOKS LIKE A TOWNHOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC, HER 'BEE'S DOLL SHOP', WHICH HOUSE HER DOLL COLLECTION, AND THE ANTIQUE CLOTHES SHOP, WHICH SHOWS OFF HER LOVE OF VINTAGE CLOTHING. 'IT REPRESENTS ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY PERSONALITY', SHE SAID OF THE ROOMS AND THEIR VARIOUS STYLES. IN ADDITION TO DESIGN, STREISAND ALSO HAS A PASSION FOR RAISING MONEY TO HELP FUND RESEARCH FOR HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN, WHICH SHE SAID HAS IMPACTED HER OWN FAMILY. SHE RECENTLY LAUNCHED A $10 MILLION FUND-RAISING EFFORT BENEFITING THE WOMEN'S HEART CENTER AT THE CEDARS-SINAI HEART INSTITUTE.

'MY PASSION FOR DESIGN' BY BARBRA STREISAND

IT'S NOT EXACTLY OPENING YOUR HOME TO GUESTS AT A HOLIDAY PARTY, BUT FOR THE ICONIC HOLLYWOOD LEGEND BARBRA STREISAND AND HER FANS, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. THIS WEEK STREISAND HAS SEEN HER FIRST BOOK LAND IN STORES, BUT IT'S NO MEMOIR OF STAR TURNS IN FILMS SUCH AS 'FUNNY GIRL' OR 'THE WAY WE WERE', NOR DOES IT RECOUNT THE MAKING OF ALBUMS THAT HAVE SOLD OVER 71 MILLION COPIES. FOR HER DEBUT AS AN AUTHOR, STREISAND HAS INSTEAD WRITTEN ABOUT HER LOVE OF ARCHITECTURE, ART, FURNITURE AND LANDSCAPING IN 'MY PASSION FOR DESIGN'. BUT DON'T BE FOOLED BY ITS TITLE BECAUSE WITHIN THE PAGES, THE STAR TELLS TALES FROM HER LIFE AND CARRIER THAT INFLUENCED THE CHOICES SHE MADE IN DESIGNING HER DREAM HOME IN MALIBU, CALIFORNIA. 'I THINK IT MAKES IT MORE INTERESTING', SHE TOLD REUTERS ABOUT THE BOOK'S FIRST PERSON STYLE. 'PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME TO WRITE NY AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE YET AND BE THAT PERSONAL. I GUESS IT CREPT INTO MY OWN WRITING.' THE COFFEE TABLE BOOK FROM VIKING PUBLISHERS TAKES READERS ON STREISAND'S YEARS LONG JOURNEY PLANNING, BUILDING AN FURNISHING THE COMPOUND THAT RESEMBLES A 19th CENTURY NEW ENGLAND FARM WITH A BARN, MILL HOUSE, MAIN HOUSE, GRANDMA'S HOUSE AND EVEN A CHICKEN COOP. IT IS NOT THE FIRST HOUSE THE SINGER HAS DESIGNED FOR HERSELF. IN FACT, IT FOLLOWS SEVERAL OTHERS INCLUDING AN ART DECO THEMED HOUSE, AND HER NEW YORK CITY APARTMENTS. BUT IT IS THE HOME IN WHICH STREISAND AND HER HUSBAND JAMES BROLIN SPEND MOST ALL THEIR TIME AND IT IS, IN A WORD, RATHER COMFY. ADDING TO THE BOOK'S PERSONAL TOUCHES, AVID PHOTOGRAPHER STREISAND TOOK MOST ALL THE PICTURES HERSELF. IN THE INTRODUCTION, READERS LEARN STREISAND LIKES TO SPEND HER MORNINGS IN BED, WITH HER DOG SAMANTHA AT HER FEET. IT IS THERE THAT SHE WRITES, READS, EATS AND EVEN TRADES STOCKS. 'IT'S A WAY OF GAMBLING WITHOUT HAVING TO GET DRESSED', STREISAND WRITES. SHE SAID SHE DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY FROM WHERE SHE DERIVED HER LOVE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, BUT ADDS IT CERTAINLY WASN'T FROM HER MOTHER, WHO COVERED THEIR FURNITURE IN PLASTIC WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD TO KEEP IT FROM GETTING DAMAGED. IN STREISAND'S MALIBU HOME, NOTHING IS SHEATHED. THE BOOKS IS DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE SECTIONS COVERING THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES WITHIN THE COMPOUND. SHE STARTS IN THE CHICKEN COOP, WHERE SHE HOUSES HENS WHO LAY EGGS, AND SHE COVERS THE GARDENS WHERE SHE GROWS HER OWN VEGETABLES. HER 'BARN' IS A HOME, REALLY, NO STALLS FOR LIVESTOCK, BUT STREISAND IS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT SHE DOESN'T LIVE THERE. THE MAIN HOUSE IS HER HOME. 'BUILDING THE BARN WAS LIKE COMPLETING AN ART PROJECT', SHE WRITES. THE DESIGN STYLES SPAN ROUGHLY THREE CENTURIES, FROM THE 18th THROUGH THE 20th, BUT THE COMMON THEME IS A LOVE OF AMERICANA. THERE IS HER 'FEDERAL LOUNGE', THAT LOOKS LIKE A TOWNHOUSE IN WASHINGTON DC, HER 'BEE'S DOLL SHOP', WHICH HOUSE HER DOLL COLLECTION, AND THE ANTIQUE CLOTHES SHOP, WHICH SHOWS OFF HER LOVE OF VINTAGE CLOTHING. 'IT REPRESENTS ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY PERSONALITY', SHE SAID OF THE ROOMS AND THEIR VARIOUS STYLES. IN ADDITION TO DESIGN, STREISAND ALSO HAS A PASSION FOR RAISING MONEY TO HELP FUND RESEARCH FOR HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN, WHICH SHE SAID HAS IMPACTED HER OWN FAMILY. SHE RECENTLY LAUNCHED A $10 MILLION FUND-RAISING EFFORT BENEFITING THE WOMEN'S HEART CENTER AT THE CEDARS-SINAI HEART INSTITUTE.

'MY PASSION FOR DESIGN' BY BARBRA STREISAND

THE NEW RITZ-CARLTON HONG KONG WILL BE THE TALLEST HOTEL IN THE WORLD AND THERE WILL BE AN INFINITY-EDGE POOL ON THE TOP FLOOR. THE CURRENT RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST HOTEL POOL IS THE INFINITY POOL ON THE EDGE OF THE MARINA BAY SAND HOTEL IN SINGAPORE, AN OPEN-AIR POOL PERCHED 55 STORIES UP. LIKE THE MARINA BAY SANDS, THE RITZ-CARLTON POOL WILL ALSO BE AN INFINITY POOL, BUT IT WILL BE LOCATED INDOORS ON THE 188th FLOOR. THE HOTEL IN THE MAKING WILL BE THE FLAGSHIP PROPERTY FOR THE RITZ-CARLTON IN ASIA, OCCUPYING LEVELS 102 TO 118 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTER. AT THE BASE OF THE ICC TOWER, THE ELEMENTS SHOPPING MALL OFFERS SOME OF THE FINEST LUXURY SHOPPING IN HONG KONG WITH BRAND NAMES AND INTERNATIONAL FASHION BRANDS FIGHTING FOR SPACE IN THE WORLD-CLASS LOCATION. THE BUILDING SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS VICTORIA HABOUR AND OFFERS MAGNIFICENT VIEWS OF THE HARBOR, HONG KONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE RITZ-CARLTON HONG KONG IS SET TO OPEN MARCH OF 2011.

RITZ-CARLTON HONG KONG TO HAVE WORLD'S TALLEST INFINITY POOL

THE NEW RITZ-CARLTON HONG KONG WILL BE THE TALLEST HOTEL IN THE WORLD AND THERE WILL BE AN INFINITY-EDGE POOL ON THE TOP FLOOR. THE CURRENT RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST HOTEL POOL IS THE INFINITY POOL ON THE EDGE OF THE MARINA BAY SAND HOTEL IN SINGAPORE, AN OPEN-AIR POOL PERCHED 55 STORIES UP. LIKE THE MARINA BAY SANDS, THE RITZ-CARLTON POOL WILL ALSO BE AN INFINITY POOL, BUT IT WILL BE LOCATED INDOORS ON THE 188th FLOOR. THE HOTEL IN THE MAKING WILL BE THE FLAGSHIP PROPERTY FOR THE RITZ-CARLTON IN ASIA, OCCUPYING LEVELS 102 TO 118 OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTER. AT THE BASE OF THE ICC TOWER, THE ELEMENTS SHOPPING MALL OFFERS SOME OF THE FINEST LUXURY SHOPPING IN HONG KONG WITH BRAND NAMES AND INTERNATIONAL FASHION BRANDS FIGHTING FOR SPACE IN THE WORLD-CLASS LOCATION. THE BUILDING SITS DIRECTLY ACROSS VICTORIA HABOUR AND OFFERS MAGNIFICENT VIEWS OF THE HARBOR, HONG KONG AND THE NEW TERRITORIES. THE RITZ-CARLTON HONG KONG IS SET TO OPEN MARCH OF 2011.

RITZ-CARLTON HONG KONG TO HAVE WORLD'S TALLEST INFINITY POOL

THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE AT WINDSOR CASTLE IS THE LARGEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST FAMOUS DOLLS' HOUSE IN THE WORLD. IN A CHARMING NEW PUBLICATION, THE WELL-KNOWN BROADCASTER AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN LUCINDA LAMBTON GUIDES THE READER ON AN IMAGINATIVE TOUR OF THE MOST MAGICAL OF RESIDENCES, A PERFECT REPLICA IN MINIATURE OF AN ARISTOCRATIC HOME. BUILT FOR QUEEN MARY BY THE LEADING BRITISH ARCHITECT SIR EDWIN LUTYENS BETWEEN 1921 AND 1924, IT INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVER 1,500 OF THE FINEST ARTISTS, CRAFTSMEN AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE EARLY 20th CENTURY. FROM THE LIFE BELOW STAIRS TO THE HIGH-SOCIETY SETTING OF THE SALOON AND DINING ROOM, A LIBRARY BURSTING WITH ORIGINAL WORKS BY THE TOP LITERARY NAMES OF THE DAY, A FULLY STOCKED WINE CELLAR AND A GARDEN CREATED BY GERTRUDE JEKYLL, RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER AND WORKING LIFTS. THE IDEA FOR A DOLLS' HOUSE CAME FROM PRINCESS MARIE LOUISE, QUEEN VICTORIA'S GRANDDAUGHTER, AS A GIFT TO QUEEN MARY IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HER STEADFAST PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR. IT QUICKLY ASSUMED A NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AS A FLAGSHIP ENDEAVOR FOR BRITISH INNOVATION AND AS A SYMBOL OF BRITAIN'S POST-WAR RENEWAL. LUTYENS' VISION WAS TO CAPTURE LIFE IN A ROYAL RESIDENCE IN ALL ITS DETAIL, DESIGNING THE HOUSE TO THE IMPERIAL SCALE OF ONE INCH TO ONE FOOT, IT IS 1.52 METRES HIGH, 2.59 METRES DEEP AND WEIGHS 4.5 TONS. LEADING MANUFACTURERS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND ARTISTS, MANY STILL HOUSEHOLD NAMES TODAY, WERE EAGER TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIQUE PROJECT. TO COMPLETE LUTYENS' IMPRESSIVE WINE CELLAR, BERRY BROS OF ST JAMES, LONDON, CONTRIBUTED OVER 1,200 THIMBLEFULS OF THE FINEST CHAMPAGNES, WINES, SPIRITS AND BEERS TO FILL EACH TINY BOTTLE. SOME 200 AUTHORS, INCLUDING RUDYARD KIPLING, THOMAS HARDY AND AA MILNE, PRODUCED ORIGINAL HAND-WRITTEN WORKS FOR THE LIBRARY, SIR ARTHUR DOYLE CREATED A SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY, 'HOW WATSON LEARNED THE TRICK', ESPECIALLY FOR THE DOLLS' HOUSE. ROYAL GUN MAKERS, JAMES PURDEY & SONS, DONATED WORKING REPLICAS OF KING GEORGE V's GUNS, COMPLETE WITH LEATHER CASE AND MAGAZINE OF 100 TINY CARTRIDGES. IN THE GARAGE A DAIMLER LIMOUSINE, ROLLS ROYCE AND A 1923 SILVER GHOST SEVEN-SEATER LIMOUSINE LANDAULET BOAST THE SUPREMACY OF BRITISH MOTOR MANUFACTURING IN THE 1920s. THROUGHOUT THE DOLLS' HOUSE THERE ARE REMINDERS THAT IT IS JUST NOT ANY RESIDENCE. IN THE SALON TWO SILVER-GILT THRONES MEASURING AN INCH HIGH SIT SIDE-BY-SIDE; THE DINING ROOM IS DECORATED WITH SILVER WALL SCONES, MINIATURE REPLICAS OF THOSE AT WINDSOR CASTLE; A COLLECTION OF RED AND GREEN LEATHER DISPATCH BOXES, EACH EMBOSSED WITH THE ROYAL CIPHER AND 'THE KING', ADD ROYAL GRAVITAS TO THE LIBRARY. THE DOMESTIC QUARTERS AND THE ROOMS BELOW STAIRS WERE GIVEN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THE GRAND ROOMS ABOVE. IN THE KITCHEN, 2,500 TINY SECTIONS OF OAK RECREATE A WOOD-BLOCK FLOOR, A COPPER KETTLE MADE OUT OF A KING GEORGE V PENNY, WITH THE KING'S HEAD ON IT BASE, SITS ON THE STOVE, AND THREE IVORY MICE IN A HUMANE MOUSE TRAP ARE FOREVER UNDER THE GAZE OF A CERAMIC CAT. EVERY DETAIL OF DOMESTIC LIFE IS INCLUDED, FROM LAVATORY PAPER, LUX FLAKES AND SUNLIGHT SOAP, TO A TIN OF COLEMAN'S MUSTARD AND A BOTTLE OF LEA AND PERRINS WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. IN THE LIVING QUARTERS, CHAMBER POTS CAN BE SEEN UNDER EVERY BED, TROUSER PRESSES AWAIT USE IN THE MEN'S BEDROOMS AND READING MATERIAL IS ON HAND FOR THE SERVANTS. IN A LETTER OF THANKS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED, QUEEN MARY DESCRIBED THE DOLLS' HOUSE AS 'THE MOST PERFECT PRESENT THAT ANYONE COULD RECEIVE'. THE LETTER IS REPRODUCED IN THE BOOK ALONGSIDE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE ROYAL ARCHIVES BETWEEN THE QUEEN AND LUTYENS, AND CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS AND MANUFACTURERS. IN 1924 THE DOLLS' HOUSE WENT ON DISPLAY AT WEMBLY PARK AS PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURING, WHERE IT WAS VIEWED BY 1,617,556 PEOPLE. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC WERE ABLE TO SEE INTO THE HEART OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, GAINING AN UNPARALLELED VIEW OF THE INTIMATE ASPECTS OF FAMILY LIFE AND BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO THE ROYAL FAMILY THAN EVER BEFORE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE DOLLS' HOUSE WAS PUT ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE, IN A ROOM SPECIALLY DESIGNED BY LUTYENS, WHERE IT REMAINS TO THIS DAY.

NEW BOOK FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE

THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE AT WINDSOR CASTLE IS THE LARGEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST FAMOUS DOLLS' HOUSE IN THE WORLD. IN A CHARMING NEW PUBLICATION, THE WELL-KNOWN BROADCASTER AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN LUCINDA LAMBTON GUIDES THE READER ON AN IMAGINATIVE TOUR OF THE MOST MAGICAL OF RESIDENCES, A PERFECT REPLICA IN MINIATURE OF AN ARISTOCRATIC HOME. BUILT FOR QUEEN MARY BY THE LEADING BRITISH ARCHITECT SIR EDWIN LUTYENS BETWEEN 1921 AND 1924, IT INCLUDES CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVER 1,500 OF THE FINEST ARTISTS, CRAFTSMEN AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE EARLY 20th CENTURY. FROM THE LIFE BELOW STAIRS TO THE HIGH-SOCIETY SETTING OF THE SALOON AND DINING ROOM, A LIBRARY BURSTING WITH ORIGINAL WORKS BY THE TOP LITERARY NAMES OF THE DAY, A FULLY STOCKED WINE CELLAR AND A GARDEN CREATED BY GERTRUDE JEKYLL, RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER AND WORKING LIFTS. THE IDEA FOR A DOLLS' HOUSE CAME FROM PRINCESS MARIE LOUISE, QUEEN VICTORIA'S GRANDDAUGHTER, AS A GIFT TO QUEEN MARY IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HER STEADFAST PRESENCE THROUGHOUT THE FIRST WORLD WAR. IT QUICKLY ASSUMED A NATIONAL IMPORTANCE AS A FLAGSHIP ENDEAVOR FOR BRITISH INNOVATION AND AS A SYMBOL OF BRITAIN'S POST-WAR RENEWAL. LUTYENS' VISION WAS TO CAPTURE LIFE IN A ROYAL RESIDENCE IN ALL ITS DETAIL, DESIGNING THE HOUSE TO THE IMPERIAL SCALE OF ONE INCH TO ONE FOOT, IT IS 1.52 METRES HIGH, 2.59 METRES DEEP AND WEIGHS 4.5 TONS. LEADING MANUFACTURERS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND ARTISTS, MANY STILL HOUSEHOLD NAMES TODAY, WERE EAGER TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIQUE PROJECT. TO COMPLETE LUTYENS' IMPRESSIVE WINE CELLAR, BERRY BROS OF ST JAMES, LONDON, CONTRIBUTED OVER 1,200 THIMBLEFULS OF THE FINEST CHAMPAGNES, WINES, SPIRITS AND BEERS TO FILL EACH TINY BOTTLE. SOME 200 AUTHORS, INCLUDING RUDYARD KIPLING, THOMAS HARDY AND AA MILNE, PRODUCED ORIGINAL HAND-WRITTEN WORKS FOR THE LIBRARY, SIR ARTHUR DOYLE CREATED A SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY, 'HOW WATSON LEARNED THE TRICK', ESPECIALLY FOR THE DOLLS' HOUSE. ROYAL GUN MAKERS, JAMES PURDEY & SONS, DONATED WORKING REPLICAS OF KING GEORGE V's GUNS, COMPLETE WITH LEATHER CASE AND MAGAZINE OF 100 TINY CARTRIDGES. IN THE GARAGE A DAIMLER LIMOUSINE, ROLLS ROYCE AND A 1923 SILVER GHOST SEVEN-SEATER LIMOUSINE LANDAULET BOAST THE SUPREMACY OF BRITISH MOTOR MANUFACTURING IN THE 1920s. THROUGHOUT THE DOLLS' HOUSE THERE ARE REMINDERS THAT IT IS JUST NOT ANY RESIDENCE. IN THE SALON TWO SILVER-GILT THRONES MEASURING AN INCH HIGH SIT SIDE-BY-SIDE; THE DINING ROOM IS DECORATED WITH SILVER WALL SCONES, MINIATURE REPLICAS OF THOSE AT WINDSOR CASTLE; A COLLECTION OF RED AND GREEN LEATHER DISPATCH BOXES, EACH EMBOSSED WITH THE ROYAL CIPHER AND 'THE KING', ADD ROYAL GRAVITAS TO THE LIBRARY. THE DOMESTIC QUARTERS AND THE ROOMS BELOW STAIRS WERE GIVEN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THE GRAND ROOMS ABOVE. IN THE KITCHEN, 2,500 TINY SECTIONS OF OAK RECREATE A WOOD-BLOCK FLOOR, A COPPER KETTLE MADE OUT OF A KING GEORGE V PENNY, WITH THE KING'S HEAD ON IT BASE, SITS ON THE STOVE, AND THREE IVORY MICE IN A HUMANE MOUSE TRAP ARE FOREVER UNDER THE GAZE OF A CERAMIC CAT. EVERY DETAIL OF DOMESTIC LIFE IS INCLUDED, FROM LAVATORY PAPER, LUX FLAKES AND SUNLIGHT SOAP, TO A TIN OF COLEMAN'S MUSTARD AND A BOTTLE OF LEA AND PERRINS WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. IN THE LIVING QUARTERS, CHAMBER POTS CAN BE SEEN UNDER EVERY BED, TROUSER PRESSES AWAIT USE IN THE MEN'S BEDROOMS AND READING MATERIAL IS ON HAND FOR THE SERVANTS. IN A LETTER OF THANKS TO ALL THOSE INVOLVED, QUEEN MARY DESCRIBED THE DOLLS' HOUSE AS 'THE MOST PERFECT PRESENT THAT ANYONE COULD RECEIVE'. THE LETTER IS REPRODUCED IN THE BOOK ALONGSIDE CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE ROYAL ARCHIVES BETWEEN THE QUEEN AND LUTYENS, AND CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS AND MANUFACTURERS. IN 1924 THE DOLLS' HOUSE WENT ON DISPLAY AT WEMBLY PARK AS PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURING, WHERE IT WAS VIEWED BY 1,617,556 PEOPLE. FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC WERE ABLE TO SEE INTO THE HEART OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD, GAINING AN UNPARALLELED VIEW OF THE INTIMATE ASPECTS OF FAMILY LIFE AND BRINGING THEM CLOSER TO THE ROYAL FAMILY THAN EVER BEFORE. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE DOLLS' HOUSE WAS PUT ON PERMANENT DISPLAY AT WINDSOR CASTLE, IN A ROOM SPECIALLY DESIGNED BY LUTYENS, WHERE IT REMAINS TO THIS DAY.

NEW BOOK FROM THE ROYAL COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE

TWO IMPORTANT GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD MIRRORS, PART OF A SET OF FOUR COMMISSIONED FOR CASTLE HOWARD IN YORKSHIRE, THE STATELY HOME FEATURED IN THE 1981 TV SERIES AND THE 2008 FILM ADAPTATION OF EVELYN WAUGH'S NOVEL 'BRIDESHEAD REVISITED', ARE TO BE SOLD AT BONHAMS' FINE ENGLISH FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART SALE ON 3.NOVEMBER. PROBABLY DESIGNED FOR HENRY, 4th EARL OF CARLISLE BY JOHN VARDY AND SHOWING THE INFLUENCE OF HIS COLLEAGUE WILLIAM KENT, THE MIRRORS HAVE ATTRACTED A PRE-SALE ESTIMATE OF £100,000 – 150,000. HAVING PASSED BY DESCENT FROM HENRY, 4th EARL OF CARLISLE THROUGH FOUR GENERATIONS, THE MIRRORS WERE BOUGHT BY A LONDON DEALER, LIONEL HARRIS JUNIOR, IN 1929. THREE YEARS LATER, IN SEPTEMBER 1932, HARRIS WAS CONTACTED BY A LEADING FURNITURE HISTORIAN AND ADVISER R W SYMONDS, WHO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY FRANCIS A LAUDER TO FIND A PAIR OF MIRRORS FOR BOWDEN HALL IN DERBYSHIRE. DUE TO THE DEPRESSED ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TIME, SYMONDS, WHO WAS BEHIND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 20th CENTURY COLLECTIONS, MANAGED TO NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE TO TWO OF THE MIRRORS, ALTHOUGH BEING SOLD AS A SET OF FOUR, AT EASE. HARRIS WROTE TO SYMONDS: 'THE FOUR (MIRRORS) COST ME £650. AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR CLIENT WOULD REQUIRE A PAIR, I WOULD BE WILING TO SELL ONE OF THE PAIRS FOR £250 CASH. AT THIS PRICE, THEY ARE VERY CHEAP, AS IN 1929 I WAS ASKING £900 FOR THE FOUR, AND IT IS ONLY IN ORDER TO DO SOME BUSINESS THAT I AM WILLING TO CUT THE LOSS.' PRIOR TO BEING ACQUIRED BY LAUDER OF BOWDEN HALL, ONE OF THE MIRRORS WAS EXHIBITED AT THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION AT CHRISTIE'S ON 2.OCTOBER.1932, HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS ASSOCIATION.

BONHAMS TO SELL HISTORIC "BRIDESHEAD REVISITED" MIRRORS

TWO IMPORTANT GEORGE II CARVED GILTWOOD MIRRORS, PART OF A SET OF FOUR COMMISSIONED FOR CASTLE HOWARD IN YORKSHIRE, THE STATELY HOME FEATURED IN THE 1981 TV SERIES AND THE 2008 FILM ADAPTATION OF EVELYN WAUGH'S NOVEL 'BRIDESHEAD REVISITED', ARE TO BE SOLD AT BONHAMS' FINE ENGLISH FURNITURE AND WORKS OF ART SALE ON 3.NOVEMBER. PROBABLY DESIGNED FOR HENRY, 4th EARL OF CARLISLE BY JOHN VARDY AND SHOWING THE INFLUENCE OF HIS COLLEAGUE WILLIAM KENT, THE MIRRORS HAVE ATTRACTED A PRE-SALE ESTIMATE OF £100,000 – 150,000. HAVING PASSED BY DESCENT FROM HENRY, 4th EARL OF CARLISLE THROUGH FOUR GENERATIONS, THE MIRRORS WERE BOUGHT BY A LONDON DEALER, LIONEL HARRIS JUNIOR, IN 1929. THREE YEARS LATER, IN SEPTEMBER 1932, HARRIS WAS CONTACTED BY A LEADING FURNITURE HISTORIAN AND ADVISER R W SYMONDS, WHO HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY FRANCIS A LAUDER TO FIND A PAIR OF MIRRORS FOR BOWDEN HALL IN DERBYSHIRE. DUE TO THE DEPRESSED ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE TIME, SYMONDS, WHO WAS BEHIND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 20th CENTURY COLLECTIONS, MANAGED TO NEGOTIATE THE PURCHASE TO TWO OF THE MIRRORS, ALTHOUGH BEING SOLD AS A SET OF FOUR, AT EASE. HARRIS WROTE TO SYMONDS: 'THE FOUR (MIRRORS) COST ME £650. AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR CLIENT WOULD REQUIRE A PAIR, I WOULD BE WILING TO SELL ONE OF THE PAIRS FOR £250 CASH. AT THIS PRICE, THEY ARE VERY CHEAP, AS IN 1929 I WAS ASKING £900 FOR THE FOUR, AND IT IS ONLY IN ORDER TO DO SOME BUSINESS THAT I AM WILLING TO CUT THE LOSS.' PRIOR TO BEING ACQUIRED BY LAUDER OF BOWDEN HALL, ONE OF THE MIRRORS WAS EXHIBITED AT THE ART TREASURES EXHIBITION AT CHRISTIE'S ON 2.OCTOBER.1932, HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE BRITISH ANTIQUE DEALERS ASSOCIATION.

BONHAMS TO SELL HISTORIC "BRIDESHEAD REVISITED" MIRRORS

MICHIGAN-BASED LEON SPEAKERS, MAKERS OF BESPOKE HIGH-FIDELITY HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS, HAVE COME OUT WITH THE ULTIMATE IN AUDIO HAUTE COUTURE; A PAIR OF CUSTOM LOUIS VUITTON SPEAKERS. THE COMPANY PRODUCED THE ONE-OFF CREATIONS USING THE ICONIC VUITTON MONOGRAM CANVAS FOR A FASHIONABLE A FASHIONABLE AUDIOPHILE. LEON CAN CUSTOM MAKE ALL COMPONENTS TO MEET A CLIENT'S WHIMS AND MATCH THE DECOR OF A ROOM OR A FAVORITE COLLECTION, USING INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE WOOD FINISHES, METAL AND LEATHER. THE COMPANY HAS MADE SPEAKERS TO MATCH A CUSTOMER'S COLLECTION OF CUSTOM CARS AND OTHERS TO GO WITH A COLLECTION OF MODERN ART. THE SPEAKERS ARE DESIGNED TO SOUND AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK WITH TOP-END ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING.

LOUIS VUITTON SPEAKERS BY LEON

MICHIGAN-BASED LEON SPEAKERS, MAKERS OF BESPOKE HIGH-FIDELITY HOME THEATER SPEAKER SYSTEMS, HAVE COME OUT WITH THE ULTIMATE IN AUDIO HAUTE COUTURE; A PAIR OF CUSTOM LOUIS VUITTON SPEAKERS. THE COMPANY PRODUCED THE ONE-OFF CREATIONS USING THE ICONIC VUITTON MONOGRAM CANVAS FOR A FASHIONABLE A FASHIONABLE AUDIOPHILE. LEON CAN CUSTOM MAKE ALL COMPONENTS TO MEET A CLIENT'S WHIMS AND MATCH THE DECOR OF A ROOM OR A FAVORITE COLLECTION, USING INCLUDING EXCLUSIVE WOOD FINISHES, METAL AND LEATHER. THE COMPANY HAS MADE SPEAKERS TO MATCH A CUSTOMER'S COLLECTION OF CUSTOM CARS AND OTHERS TO GO WITH A COLLECTION OF MODERN ART. THE SPEAKERS ARE DESIGNED TO SOUND AS GOOD AS THEY LOOK WITH TOP-END ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING.

LOUIS VUITTON SPEAKERS BY LEON

AN ARCHITECTURAL WINE CABINET HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND RELEASED TO HOUSE A UNIQUE CLASSIC COLLECTION OF CHATEAU MARGAUX WINES. THE WINE CABINET FEATURES A HAND CRAFTED ARCHITECTURAL MINIATURE OF CHATEAU MARGAUX ON TOP OF IT AND WHEN UNLOCKED, REVEALS STORAGE FOR UP TO THREE WINE BOTTLES. THE WINE CABINET HAS TWO DOORS WHICH WHEN OPENED, DISCLOSE FIVE DRAWERS ON EXTENDING RUNNERS TO HOLD THE WINE BOTTLES AND THE EXCLUSIVE FRIEZE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE CABINET BELOW TO EXPOSE SECRET COMPARTMENTS.

CHATEAU MARGAUX WINE CABINET

AN ARCHITECTURAL WINE CABINET HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND RELEASED TO HOUSE A UNIQUE CLASSIC COLLECTION OF CHATEAU MARGAUX WINES. THE WINE CABINET FEATURES A HAND CRAFTED ARCHITECTURAL MINIATURE OF CHATEAU MARGAUX ON TOP OF IT AND WHEN UNLOCKED, REVEALS STORAGE FOR UP TO THREE WINE BOTTLES. THE WINE CABINET HAS TWO DOORS WHICH WHEN OPENED, DISCLOSE FIVE DRAWERS ON EXTENDING RUNNERS TO HOLD THE WINE BOTTLES AND THE EXCLUSIVE FRIEZE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE CABINET BELOW TO EXPOSE SECRET COMPARTMENTS.

CHATEAU MARGAUX WINE CABINET