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Countess Marie Anatole Louise Élisabeth Greffulhe (née de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay; 11 July 1860 – 21 August 1952) was a French socialite, known as a renowned beauty and queen of the salons of the Faubourg Saint-Germain in Paris.
For the first time ever, the Palais Galliera is displaying the fabulous wardrobe of Countess Greffulhe, née Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay (1860-1952). She was the cousin of French dandy and poet Robert de Montesquiou and was immortalised for posterity by Marcel Proust as the Duchess of Guermantes in the famous novel In Search of Lost Time.
Marie-Joséphine-Anatole-Louise-Élisabeth de Riquet, comtesse de Caraman-Chimay, comtesse Greffulhe par son mariage [n 1], née le 11 juillet 1860 dans le 7 e arrondissement de Paris [1] et morte le 21 août 1952 à Genève [2] est une aristocrate et une personnalité du Tout-Paris de la Belle Époque [3] qui servit notamment de ...
In 1894 French aesthete, dandy and poet Robert de Montesquiou introduced Marcel Proust to his cousin, Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe, née Élisabeth de Caraman-Chimay. At the time, Proust was twenty-three and the countess was thirty-four.
11 de nov. de 2015 · Lavishly embroidered and structured gowns from the turn of the century featured in the exhibition "Fashion Regained: The Treasured Dresses of Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe," at the Palais...
Celebrated as the supreme beauty of her day, Countess Elisabeth Greffulhe (1860-1952) was the triumph of Parisian society when Marcel Proust made her acquaintance in 1892. Proust pursued her with requests for a photograph, which she staunchly refused.
9 de nov. de 2015 · Proust, maestro de la autobiografía ficcionada y gran comediante del espíritu, convirtió su amistad con Madame Greffulhe en una de las inspiraciones determinantes de su literatura.
