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Article: TWO EXHIBITS EXPLORE ORIGINS OF CRAZE FOR FRENCH STYLE
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- The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
- Article date:
- April 12, 1998
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BARBARA MAYER
The Columbian
04-12-1998
NEW YORK — Taste in American decorating continues to seesaw between English and French design, but the more ornate French style currently has a bit of an edge.
Two exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through June 14 show that the appeal of French style in both porcelain and furniture goes back a long time.
“George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all owned the same pattern of French porcelain dinnerware,” said Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, curator of “Elegant China Ware: Paris Porcelain in America.”
Also on view at the Metropolitan is “Honore Lannuier: Parisian Cabinetmaker in Federal ...
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