"Maisons-Laffitte" by Eugene Pechaubes Dioramas/ Shadowboxes

"Maisons-Laffitte" by Eugene Pechaubes Dioramas/ ShadowboxesClassic hand colour plate by Eugene Pechaubes (1890 1967) pencil signed (LL) titled 'Maisons Laffitte' Art Sz: 11"H x 18"W Frame Sz: 18"H x 24 1 2"W Hand Coloured Lithograph The Hippodrome de Maisons Laffitte at 1 avenue de la Pelouse in the northwestern Parisian suburb of Maisons Laffitte in France was a turf horse racing facility and track for Thoroughbred flat racing. Opened in 1878 by Joseph Oller, inventor of the pari mutuel machine, it sits on

These histories would later appear in Volume XXVIII of Colonial Families of America

and liqueur labels

and at his own Robert's Bar

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the work is filled with anecdotes and recollections of wines and spirits consumed—from the heights of Romanée-Conti to the simple pleasures of beer

The grey rabbit-felt style is still sartorially popular today

subsequently moving to the United States to continue his career with Larry Levine

Signed (LR) for Brooks Brothers Christmas 1944 catalog

His work was featured on a House Beautiful magazine cover in 1920

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Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece from the author's drawing of Queen Alexandra

7 1/2" x 5 1/2"