Bulgari. 125 years of Italian magnificance Grand Palais

English edition. Large hardback with the mint dust-jacket, as new. 375 pages, lavishly illustrated with in colour and b/w photographs. Published for the exhibition held at the Palazzo delle Esposizione in Rome from May 22 to September 13, 2009. A handsome and beautifully illustrated monograph celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the world-famous jewellery brand. More than 600 objects from the close of the 19th century to today, characterised by bold placement of precious materials, a unique purity of design and obsessive attention to detail, portrayed through jewels of extraordinary beauty, many of which belonged to legends of international cinema, including the splendid jewellery of Anna Magnani, Grace Kelly, Gina Lollobrigida, Anita Ekberg, Diana Vreeland and Elizabeth Taylor.