Historic Houses of Paris: Residences of the Ambassadors

Many historic houses in Paris serve as residences to foreign ambassadors and are closed to the
general public. From a seventeenth-century hotel particulier , to a Belle Epoque palace, to a distinctively contemporary setting, each residence rivals the next in its beauty, art collection, and period furniture set against a backdrop of accomplished refinement.

From China and Peru to Egypt and Poland, Alain Stella invites us over the threshold of the most prestigious chancelleries and ambassadorial residences in Paris. Superb photographs, specially commissioned for this book, divulge the secrets of these previously unpublished artistic and architectural treasures.