Lewenhaupt augusta (2 risultati)

Häftad, dek. omslag med flikar. Nyskick. Stockholm, Appell förlag, 2020. 8:o. 148 sid. Rikligt illustrerad. Med register. Ateljésömmerskan Augusta Lundin (1840-1919) drev Sveriges första modehus, under närmare tre decennier känt för hög modegrad och utsökt kvalitet à la fransk couture. Hon var sin tids Dior.…

This countess hailed from an ancient Swedish noble family, and was married to Danish diplomat and foreign minister Count Lewenhaupt (Lensgrave Wulf Heinrich Bernhard von Scheel-Plessen, 1809-76). ALS, 4pp, 4½" X 7", Hoosick Falls, NY, 1884 August 5. Addressed to Mrs. Lathers (Abby Pitnam Thurston Latham, d. 1904, wife of noted New York merchant and banker Colonel Richard Lathers, 1821-1903). Near fine. Gracious note to a friend, reading in part: ".I feel very much ashamed of myself not to have thanked you long ago for your kindness to forward my tubs, & I have no excuse whatever for such bad behavior! Your kind letter of Aug. 3 reached me yesterday and it gave me much pleasure to get these lines from you and to hear that you are back & enjoying your summer. I wish I could have joined you at your picnic by the lake; how often I think of those lovely pone-lilies & wish I could paddle in the 'outlet.'. Count Lewenhaupt [her son] joins me with kind remembrances to yourself and husband." Handsomely penned in black ink on high quality lettersheet featuring an embossed crown insignia.…