Dorchester Hotel London Laundry Bag

Description

15 by 21 in. laundry bag from the fabulous Dorchester Hotel in London !
The Dorchester
is a five-star luxury hotel on
Park Lane
and Deanery Street in
London
, to the east of
Hyde Park
. It is one of the world's most prestigious and expensive hotels. The Dorchester opened on 18 April 1931, and it still retains its 1930s furnishings and ambiance despite being modernized.
Throughout its history, the hotel has been closely associated with the rich and famous. During the 1930s, it became known as a haunt of numerous writers and artists such as poet
Cecil Day-Lewis
, novelist
Somerset Maugham
, and the painter Sir
Alfred Munnings
. It has held prestigious literary gatherings, such as the "Foyles Literary Luncheons", an event the hotel still hosts today. During the
Second World War
, the strength of its construction gave the hotel the reputation of being one of London's safest buildings, and a host of political and military luminaries chose it as their London residence.
Queen Elizabeth II
attended the Dorchester when she was a princess on the day prior to the announcement of her engagement to
Philip Mountbatten
on 10 July 1947. The hotel has since become particularly popular with film actors, models and rock stars, and
Elizabeth Taylor
and
Richard Burton
frequently stayed at the hotel throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
In the 1950s, the stage set designer
Oliver Messel
made a number of changes to the interior of the hotel. Between 1988 and 1990, the hotel was completely renovated at a cost of US0 million by Bob Lush of the Richmond Design Group.
Today The Dorchester has five restaurants:
The Grill
,
Alain Ducasse
,
The Spatisserie
,
The Promenade
, and
China Tang
.
Alain Ducasse
's restaurant is one of the UK's five 3-Michelin-starred restaurants. Afternoon tea, a tradition which has taken place at the hotel since its opening in 1931, is served every day of the week at five in the afternoon in
The Promenade
and the
Spatisserie
.
Harry Craddock
, a well-known barman in the 1930s, invented the "Dorchester of London" cocktail here at the Dorchester Bar. A well-lit
plane tree
stands at the edge of the hotel in the front garden, and was named one of the
Great Trees of London
by the London Tree Forum and
Countryside Commission
in 1997.