"Versailles Et Les Tables Royales En Europe" 1993 BABELON, Jean- Pierre (Preface) (SOLD)

BABELON, Jean- Pierre (Preface) Warmly inscribed for Nan (Kempner)... for so many reasons... love Geoffrey (Beene) [387] pp. Reunion Des Musees Nationaux, Paris 1993 12 1/4" x 9 3/4" Ex-libris: Kitty D'Alessio [former head of Chanel NA] Fine  Scroll Down for (12) Additional Scans: As soon as King Louis XIV moved to Versailles, the palace became the place from which the most sumptuous and refined uses and tableware radiated in all the great courts of Europe. It was to Versailles that the princes and kings of Europe sent emissaries to observe the ritual of public meals, in order to imitate or adapt them. It was at Versailles that people came to admire the pieces of goldsmithery and porcelain, which were then ordered from the king's goldsmiths and the royal factory of Sèvres. Because of successive castings, then the Revolution, France has very few of these objects, but Europe has preserved them and makes it possible to bring together sumptuous collections. Thus, the great French goldsmith