The GrandLuxe Express

The GrandLuxe Express

Author: Karl R. Zimmermann

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780253349477

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This lavish book invites readers aboard the glamorous renovated cars of the GrandLuxe railway train. In 1989, the American-European Express, a stylish train created in emulation of Europe's Orient Express, commenced operation between Washington and Chicago. Forced to close down two years later, it was reborn in 1994 as the American Orient Express. The AOE, as this luxury streamliner was often known, matured under the tutelage of various owners until 2006, when under new ownership it acquired a new name, the GrandLuxe Express.Trackside, the train gleamed as a classic American streamliner. Aboard, travelers enjoy old-fashioned, wood-paneled elegance that harkens back to the 1920s and Europe's posh Wagons-Lits sleepers and restaurant cars.


Vintage Cars

Vintage Cars

Author: L. Michelle Nielsen

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780778730118

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Explores different kinds of vintage cars and the designers who created them.


10 000 years of luxury

10 000 years of luxury

Author: Olivier Gabet

Publisher: Art Book Magazine Distribution

Published: 2019-10-30T00:00:00+01:00

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 2821601395

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The exhibition "10,000 Years of Luxury" (Louvre Abu Dhabi, 30 October 2019–18 February 2020) explores the multifaceted nature of luxury from ancient times to the present day. Its catalogue allows the reader to explore luxury through fashion, jewellery, visual art, furniture and design with masterpieces from the collections of international institutions and brands. Highlights among the objects presentes include the oldest pearl in the world, the renowned Boscoreale Treasure – one of the largest collections of silverware preserved from Roman Antiquity – and dresses and jewellery from design houses such as Cartier, Maison Van Cleef & Arpels, CHANEL, Christian Dior, ELIE SAAB and Yves Saint Laurent.