Account Book Of The Bedel And Moog House In Paris, 19th Century, Featuring The Most Illustrious Names

• Authors/Workshop: Frédéric Charles Moog (and his partner Bedel), based at 65 Rue Neuve-Saint-Augustin and later on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris.

• Historical significance: A rare documentary source on costs, materials (fabrics), and interior design projects for the aristocratic and institutional elite of 19th-century Paris.

1. Institutional & Imperial

• Imperial Museums (pp. 163–164, 167): Regular invoices and maintenance work on behalf of the state under Napoleon III (1858–1864).

• Charles Marie Napoléon de Beaufort (p. 245): Hairdresser and deputy governor of the Tuileries Palace.

2. French High Nobility

• Princess de La Rochefoucauld (p. 185): Interior design for her private mansion at 65 Rue de Varenne.

• Duke of Valençay (p. 75): Heirs of the House of Talleyrand-Périgord.

• Duchess of Mortemart (p. 165)

• Duke of Maillé (pp. 78–80): Orders for balls and receptions.

• Count of Clermont-Tonnerre (p. 224): Former Minister of the Navy and War.

• Countess of Chateaubriand & nephew (p. 175, 181): Family of the writer François-René de Chateaubriand.

• Viscount Daru (p. 128): Politician and member of the Academy.

• Prince of Alsace (p. 121), Viscount de Ludre (p. 66), Count Charles Berthier (p. 71), Countess M.-Valentine de Sainte-Aldegonde (p. 166).

3. International Aristocracy & Diplomacy

• Baron Lionel de Rothschild (p. 92): A branch of the famous banking family (the first Jewish member to sit in the British House of Lords).

• Princess Volkonski (p. 67): Russian high nobility.

• Prince Georges Bibesco (p. 218): Romanian nobility.

• Princess of Chimay (p. 160): Belgian/French nobility.

• Count Pozzo di Borgo (pp. 190, 142): Diplomatic lineage of Corsican origin.

• Navarro d’Andrade (p. 97): Portuguese-Brazilian lineage.

4. Arts, Finance & High Society

• Countess of Champagne (p. 87): Connected to major champagne houses (Clicquot & Pommery).

• Édouard Bénazet (p. 67): Close to composer Hector Berlioz.

• Arthur Kalkbrenner (p. 151): A popular composer and pianist.

• Jules Ancel (p. 107): A right-wing member of parliament and shipowner.

• M. de Courcy (p. 152): Placed an exceptional order worth over 16,000 francs in 1858 (fabrics for the dining room and anteroom).