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The definitive monograph on the most luxurious and illustrious Haute Couture embroidery house in the world, featuring specially commissioned photography of Maison Lesageâ€™s historic creations.

The most prestigious Parisian Haute Couture artisans, Maison Lesage has collaborated with the biggest names in fashion, from Chanel, Schiaparelli, and Yves Saint Laurent, to Cristobal Balenciaga, Valentino, and Alexander McQueen. Founded in 1924, when the Lesage family bought the eminent firm of Michonet (then a supplier to such fashion legends as the House of Worth), Maison Lesage has created exceptional embroidery motifsâ€•often requiring hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of precise beadworkâ€•for star fashion designers for decades.

Perhaps best known today for the masterpieces it creates for Karl Lagerfeldâ€™s Chanel collections, the house was bought by Chanel in 2002 as part of its Paraffection group to ensure the survival of the houseâ€™s unique history and extraordinary skills.

Illustrated with specially commissioned photography of the houseâ€™s historic creations and illuminated with texts by Patrick Mauries, who has written extensively on Chanel, Maison Lesage is both a tribute to exceptional craftsmanship and a journey through more than one hundred years of fashion at its most sumptuous and inventive. This book will be coveted by anyone interested in luxury fashion. Â

200 illustrations in color