Manufacture National de Sèvres
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 Clodion vase. Hard-paste porcelain and gilt bronze, 1817. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres. |
Coordinates: 48°49′43″N 2°13′21″E / 48.82861°N 2.22250°E
Clodion vase. Hard-paste porcelain and gilt bronze, 1817. Manufacture nationale de Sèvres.
The manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the principal European porcelain manufacturies. It is located in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
The manufactury was continuously part of the political order, first royal, then imperial and finally national. Continuously in operation, the manufactury has been creating objects since 1740. Its production is still largely based around the creation of contemporary objects today. It became part of the Cité de la céramique with the Musée national de Céramique-Sèvres in 2010 and since 2012 with the Musée national Adrien Dubouché in Limoges.
In 1738, the Manufacture de Vincennes was founded, thanks to the support of Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour, in order to compete with the manufacturies at Chantilly and Meissen. In 1756, the manufactury was moved to a building in Sèvres, built at the initiative of Madame de Pompadour, near her château.
130 metres long and four stories high, the building was erected between 1753 and 1756 by the architect Laurent Lindet on the site of a farm called "de la Guyarde." There was a central pavilion surmounted by a pediment with a clock from the old royal glass-makers on the fourth level, with two long wings terminating in corner pavilions at each end. In front of the pavilion was a "public" courtyard, enclosed by a wrought iron fence. This front area was decorated twice a month in order to hold parties for visitors.
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