{"product_id":"15827-madame-gres-typed-letter-signed-to-jacques-chirac","title":"Madame Grès. (1903–1993) Typed Letter Signed to Jacques Chirac","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eTyped letter signed from the leading French couturier, known as the founder of the fashion house Grès and as the \"queen of drapery,\" to then Prime Minister of France Jacques Chirac. Paris, May 4, 1987. Writing in her capacity as the president of the \u003ci\u003eFédération française de la couture\u003c\/i\u003e, Grès requests Chirac's intervention to promote the Federation's vice-president to the Legion d'Honneur. In fine condition, 8.25 x 11.5 inches (21 x 29.7 cm). Together with a letter addressed to Grès and signed on the verso by several of her employees at La Maison Alix, sending best wishes for 1938. Light toning, overall fine, 8.25 x 10.5 inches (21 x 25.7 cm).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eBorn Germaine Émilie Krebs and also known as Alix Barton and Alix, Madame Grès was a leading French couturier of her generation and founder of the former haute couture fashion house \"Grès\" as well as the associated perfume house \"Parfums Grès\" which still exists today in Switzerland. Grès was notoriously secretive about her personal life, and was seen as a workaholic with a furious attention to detail. Called the \"master of the wrapped and draped dress\" and \"queen of drapery,\" Grès is best-known for her floor-length draped Grecian goddess gowns.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093597507743,"sku":"15827","price":800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Gres_to_Chirac_TLS_15827.jpg?v=1722189085","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/15827-madame-gres-typed-letter-signed-to-jacques-chirac","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}