Hôtel Lambert
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The Hôtel Lambert is an hôtel particulier, a grand mansion townhouse, built between 1640 and 1644 on the Quai Anjou on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. In th
Hôtel Lambert in 2010
The Galerie d'Hercule, decorated by Charles Le Brun.
"Chopin's Polonaise – Ball at Hôtel Lambert in Paris," by Teofil Kwiatkowski. Chopin plays while Czartoryski (left) listens. Decorative vaulting was temporary.
Upper court facade and roof
Mona von Bismarck
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Countess Mona von Bismarck-Schönhausen, also known as Mona Bismarck, was an American socialite, fashion icon, and philanthropist. Her five husbands included Harrison Williams, among the richest men in
Hôtel Lambert
…ball held there every year. The Hôtel Lambert was discreetly split into several luxurious apartments. It was once the home of actress Michèle Morgan, Mona von Bismarck, and of Alexis von Rosenberg, Baron de Redé, who rented the ground floor from 1947 until his death. De Redé entertained his lover Arturo Lopez-Willshaw…
Bismarck (second from left) in 1943
Bismarck Sapphire Necklace, National Museum of Natural History