Glamorous pictures of the iconic Brazilian hotel, patronised by the author's family since it opened in 1923. Matteoli has included many anecdotes of former days.
In Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and Provence - a different photographer for each of the celebrated designer's houses. Handsomely presented in a slipcase.
This close analysis, gorgeously illustrated, amounts to a superb study of the Baroque phenomenon everywhere, as well as of vast and elegant Danish palaces.