PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
"Gérard Ingold, a Director of the Cristalleries de Saint Louis for thirty years is a prize winning author of the Académie Francaise. He is the author of numerous books on glass, and a history of World War II. He calls himself a son of the American Revolution--one of his ancestors, a general, took part in the battle of Yorktown in the American war for independence.""Having devoted his career to Saint-Louis, Gérard Ingold knows his subject well. He was a friend of Jean Cocteau, Collette, Sacha Guitry and Paul Jokelson. He worked with famed artists and designers such as Victor Vaserely and Raymond Loewy. He was influencial in helping revive the dormant art of making fine paperweights at Saint-Louis and instigated encasing gold medallions, both art forms dear to his heart.Take a peek inside, as Gérard opens the Saint-Louis archives, guides us through their museum and gives us access to the blowing and cutting room floors.""preface by: Yvonne Brunhammer, Head Curator ofthe Museum of Decorative Art.Also by this author, with Paul Jokelson, Paperweights of the 19th and 20th centuries, published by Papier Presse."
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