And however grand and prestigious the historic store, it could not compete with the lavish own label emporium.
The company's handmade silk fabrics, used mostly for expensive drapery, wall coverings, upholstery and other furnishings, have furnished thousands of prestigious and historic places over the decades.
For some it is an inspirational idea to make Paris more green, to others a plan to destroy one of the French capital's most prestigious and historic avenues.
Different governing bodies have different degrees of rigor in their labeling requirements -- generally the more globally prestigious and historic the designation the more stringent the regulations.
Later that year, in September, he became the second Malagasy musical act (after supergroup Mahaleo, in 2007) to perform at the prestigious and historic Olympia music hall in Paris.
I happened to be travelling in the Deep South a few weeks ago and heard a powerful message, condemning slavery at great length, from the pulpit of a prestigious and historic Southern Baptist Church in Mississippi.
I am honoured to be appointed to lead the R&A and to serve such an historic and prestigious club".
As dean of Christ Church at Oxford, he led a prestigious college and a historic cathedral, where he preached cerebral and sometimes whimsical sermons.
Both the Derby and the Oaks, which will be run on 6 and 5 June respectively, had an off-time of 4pm last season, when the peak TV audience for the Derby, one of the world's most historic and prestigious Flat races, dropped by 20% from 1.95m to 1.55m.
As Beaconsfield – the historic and prestigious seat of Disraeli – writhes agonisingly towards the final decade of its remarkable life, perhaps someone somewhere soon might care to realise that the average 75-year-old has a lot of time for cheese and wine but no interest at all in Blogger or Twitter: but the medium is still the message.
