Courtesan Style Counts

“Who were these women, these ghosts of society? And what was this strange ‘half world’ that they inhabited—the demi-monde…?”

– Katie Hickman

The Alden Parkes Courtesan Chair in all its splendid glory!

With Valentine’s Day solidly in the rearview mirror, I’m leaving love behind to fully embrace lust. What precipitates this dip into ardor? I’m seriously enamored with this sexy chair by Alden Parkes, which the manufacturer has dubbed the Courtesan chair. It is aptly named because it represents...