The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography by Linda Merrill non-fiction Edited with an introduction by

Edited with an introduction by Joan Murray

the symbol of a civilization that is disappearing

His taste for impossibly buxom blondes—teetering on stiletto heels

Gene Davis

have never before been seen in the West

The Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography by Linda Merrill non-fiction Edited with an introduction byThe Peacock Room: A Cultural Biography by Linda Merrill folio. pp. 416. 105 colour plates & 150 b w illustrations. bibliography. index. hardcover. dw. with paper slipcase (fine condition). Washington: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institute & Yale University Press, [1998]. ISBN 10: 0300076118 ISBN 13: 9780300076110 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ An account of the creation of James