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...Backstage, beneath the frescoed ceilings of Hôtel Potocki in Paris’ 8ème, a model requires several helpers to offload a towering headpiece, sculpted from black synthetic hair and the fronds of a silvery-grey...
...The artist sat front row to see the AW16 collection unveiled on a gold mirror checkerboard catwalk at Hôtel Potocki to a soundtrack provided by a live orchestra — and a very big harp....
...The vase is a small remnant of what had been a much grander set of pottery originally given to Russia’s Catherine the Great by the Chinese emperor, and then handed to my ancestor, Szczesny Potocki, in return...
...Originally sold to Count Stanislas Potocki, a Polish nobleman, for SFr4,600, the watch has now become the property of the Breguet museum after its purchase at Christie’s for SFr821,000....
...From Mr Jan-Roman Potocki....
...executive of Eni, the global oil and gas company and Europe’s largest natural gas operator ——————————————- Letters in response to this article: Poland is developing shale gas too / From Mr Jan-Roman Potocki...
...The palace had been devastated in the 1920 war with the Soviets, and my grandmother’s family, the Potockis, spent much of the interwar period restoring the property. All that effort was wasted....
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