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Article: BERNARDAUD EVOKES GRANDEUR IN DINNERWARE.(table service inspired by Palace of Versailles)
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- HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
- Article date:
- October 19, 1998
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NEW YORK-Bernardaud, an upscale tableware supplier, will introduce several new lines at the upcoming New York Fall Tabletop Show here this month, including the company's first line of porcelain jewelry and an elaborate collection of dinnerware evoking the grandeur of Versailles.
Grand Versailles takes its cues from 17th and 18th century French classicism. The service is inspired from the Chateau of Versailles, the royal residence of France under Louis XIV. Bernardaud designers spent two years researching and documenting items in the Chateau of Versailles, as well as consulting ornamental design books in the archives of the Bernardaud museum.
The ...