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The original palace hotel in the heart of historic Paris, Le Meurice with its splendid newly-restored rooms and suites is the very epitome of quiet elegance and is alive with the artist’s soul of wit and magic.
- Restaurant Le Dalí
His afternoon tea at Le Meurice is one of the most sought...
- Executive Room, Park View With Balcony
Explore Paris, France; Hotel Principe di Savoia; Explore...
- Monet Revolutionary Brushstrokes
150 years ago, Monet transformed the term ‘Impressionist’...
- Superior Room, Park View With Balcony
An intimate choice for an indulgent city break that gives...
- Presidential Apartment Tuileries, Park View
Explore Paris, France; Hotel Principe di Savoia; Explore...
- Presidential Apartment Dalí, Park View
Step into this wonderland of 18th century grandeur in our...
- Restaurant Le Dalí
Design House: Anne Marie of France. Date: 1940s. Culture: French. Medium: leather. Credit Line: Purchase, Allison Sarofim Gift, 2010. Accession Number: 2010.251a–c
Le Meurice est un établissement hôtelier classé 5 étoiles de style néo-classique, fondé par Charles-Augustin Meurice en 1835. Il est situé au 228, rue de Rivoli dans le 1 er arrondissement de Paris.
Le Meurice (French pronunciation: [otɛl møʁis]) is a Brunei-owned five-star luxury hotel in the 1st arrondissement of Paris opposite the Tuileries Garden, between Place de la Concorde and the Musée du Louvre on the Rue de Rivoli. [1]
There is a lot of speculation about the 1940s Anne-Marie handbag boutique at the Hotel Meurice in Paris. Some say her (if, in fact, Anne-Marie was a real person) surreal designs were influenced by Salvador Dali, a frequent guest of the hotel.
Located on the ground floor of the grand Hôtel Meurice, Anne-Marie created fantastic surrealist novelty purses for Paris' elite. A version of this purse belongs in The New York Metropolitan Museum collection (accession no. 2010.251a–c).
Designed as an ice bucket with Champagne bottle, topped with lucite ice cubes, the black suede exterior inscribed Champagne, Reims, France, opening to reveal a large interior compartment and interior pocket, signed Anne-Marie, 228, Rue de Rivoli, Hôtel Meurice, Paris; circa 1965.
