SIR/MADAM Stone Book Weight Glassware With a preface by Mario

With a preface by Mario Buatta

this newest volume in Assouline’s Hotel Stories series reveals the most delicious dishes of these legendary establishments

including inspiring quotes

high-end products

Soups and Stews

SIR/MADAM Stone Book Weight Glassware With a preface by MarioThe stone book is an object of American fold art dating back to the mid nineteenth century. Often embellished with decorative motifs and depicting reverent words or symbols, they came in a range of sizes, and were given as tokens of affection. We carve our large scale versions from heavy blocks of white and gray marble, resulting in tomes that are ideally suited as bookends, door stops, or the grandest of paperweights. Formidable as they are, consider