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...third of their original holdings, and yet even this remnant seems almost too rich for the blood. Madame Cézanne in a Red Armchair (ca. 1877), from Fabbri's collection, still has the power to stun that it exercised on the poet Rainer Maria Rilke at the Paris Salon in 1907. "The knowledge of its existence has transformed into an elation that I feel even in my sleep," Rilke wrote to his wife. The subject of the painting is Hortense Fiquet, Cézanne's model, who had a long secret relationship with him before becoming his wife. Another...
Duncan W. Purdy, owner of the About Hair salon and antique store near Harvard Square, was “found guilty of maintaining a house of prostitution and deriving support from the earnings of a prostitute” last week, according to Middlesex District Attorney Spokeswoman Meredith Lerner. Purdy is scheduled to return for sentencing for the prostitution charges on March 13. The case was brought to trial before the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on February 20, and ended on February 23. Purdy pled not guilty to all charges. According to the Commonwealth’s statement...
...pink paint on the first two floors, and muted oak floorboards run throughout. There's also a dramatic, entrance-making spiral staircase. Each floor features Robin's quirky flea-market finds, including a Turkish glass chandelier, armchairs covered in Moroccan brocade, and 1950s pottery. Appropriately, Ciocco calls the new salon the "boudoir of Paris." She says she agreed to the venture out of her infinite respect for Robin's research?adding that his products offer "a complex alchemy" for being effective and being nutritious to the scalp and hair...
Stephanie Seymour was his first supermodel, and word spread quickly. Seven years later, he opened his color salon. Initially, he worked only with people in fashion. "Then Deneuve called, and suddenly I had the entire cinema world and then the music world." 9 rue de Gungaud...
...path for the study of texts within the context of other cultures. Longfellow resided at the famous Craigie House, which had been used as headquarters by George Washington during the Revolutionary War. The house was the meeting place of the Saturday Club, a literary salon including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Class of 1821, James Russell Lowell, Class of 1838, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Class of 1829. Some of Longfellow’s visitors included Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, President Ulysses S. Grant, and Oscar Wilde. Nowadays the house at 105 Brattle St. is a Longfellow National Historic Site showcasing...