Special correspondent in Compiègne (Oise)
Around sixty exceptional porcelain pieces, taken from the reserves of the Château de Compiègne, are presented in the large ballroom.
In a piecemeal way, the high vases, plates and curiosities in agate, celadon, gold, platinum or lapis, tell the story of the splendor that reigned in the 19th century in Compiègne.
From the First to the Second Empire, many were ordered from the Manufacture de Sèvres to decorate rooms and tables with dignity.
The inventories recall the object of royal and then imperial desires:
“Her Majesty the Empress (Eugenie) has deigned to choose various objects from the house of Sèvres”
, thus informs the administrator of the Imperial Furniture, at the factory.
Vases, bowls, candelabras with floral motifs or gilded edges will then be transported by the railway just inaugurated by Napoleon III.
An excessive appeal
A few years earlier, Louis-Philippe will order 25 vases for the service of the Prince Royal in 1834, or 25 others when the Duke of Orléans arrives...
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