L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789 - 1989

On View: 
Thursday, March 30, 1989 to Sunday, August 6, 1989
Location: 
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This salute to the bicentennial of the French Revolution features more than 500 examples of furniture, silver, glass, textiles, wallpaper, couture, and jewelry created by the great names of French design and manufacturing from the past two centuries. The high-quality craftsmanship is of works by René Lalique, Hermès, Frederic Bucheron, Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Nikki de Saint-Phalle, Van Cleef & Arpels, and others is on view.

Organized by David Revere McFadden, Curator of Decorative Arts, with Deborah Sampson Shinn, Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts, and Lucy A. Fellowes, Special Assistant in Decorative Arts. Sponsored by the Comite Colbert.