Sèvres at the time of Louis XVI and the Revolution: a meteoric rise

ISBN-10
2352900727
ISBN-13
9782352900726
Category
Porcelain industry
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2010
Author
John Whitehead

Description

"By the end of the 1760s, the Sèvres factory had conquered Europe, but it did not yet produce hard-paste porcelain. That was soon to change, and with new discoveries came fresh challenges, such as developing novel production methods. Thanks to the unwavering support of Louis XV and Louis XVI, the factory soon continued its meteoric rise. Until the onset the French Revolution..."--P. [4] of cover.

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