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Sèvres

Sèvres (sĕvˈrə) [key], town (1990 pop. 22,057), Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the Seine River; a residential suburb SW of Paris. The famous Sèvres ware porcelain is made in the town, which has a ceramics museum founded by Alexandre Brongniart and a ceramics school. Explosives, surgical supplies, and beer are also produced. Sèvres is the headquarters of the International Center for Pedagogic Studies.

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Art nouveau at Sevres & the craftsman tradition in America: in the early 1900s, American writers and designers took a close interest in the remarkable art-nouveau designs that were being produced at Sevres. Gabriel P. Weisberg explores the impact of the firm's methods and achievements on American crafts.(Essay) (Apollo)

Object of desire: Sevres' lesser-known output of veilleuses, exquisite 18th-century nightlights or perfume burners, reflect in miniature the contemporary fashions and collectors' interests of the time, including the depiction of drunken men in the style of Teniers the Younger.(Essay) (Apollo)

House of Wonders: A Great Collector of the Finest Works Spanning the 18th to the 21st Century, Dimitri Mavrommatis's Apartment Is Home to an Extensive Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art Including Standout Pieces by Picasso, Fontana and Calder as Well as Tribal Art, 18th-Century Furniture and Sevres Porcelain. He Talks to Apollo (Apollo)

Spain--CTIF Group, Sevres, France, INASMET-Tecnalia, San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain, and Sefatec S.L., Irun, Basque Country, Spain, established Sefatec Engineering S.L.(Around the World--Newscast) (Modern Casting)

Don't drop the Sevres: in the January 1993 issue, Jeremy Howard interviewed Sir Francis Watson, a former director of the Wallace Collection and one of Britain's foremost scholars of the French decorative arts.(FROM THE APOLLO ARCHIVES) (Apollo)

In the Chinese Taste: A Shared Passion for Porcelain Has for Centuries Linked East and West. in the Late 18th Century, Unprecedented Access to the Chinese Imperial Court Resulted in the Sevres Manufactory's Output of Sumptuous Pieces Inspired by Chinese Sources. So Successful Were These, Even the Emperor Declared the Items His Preferred Diplomatic Gifts from the French (Apollo)

Fuel of the future? The first ever conference devoted solely to dimethyl ether (DME) was held at the Sofitel Porte de Sevres, Paris, from October 12th-14th 2004. (Nitrogen & Methanol)

A king's obsession: Selma Schwartz celebrates a masterly catalogue of the French porcelain in the Royal Collection.(Book review) (Apollo)

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Japanese art on a plate: an unknown masterpiece of French ceramic design: Gabriel P. Weisberg unveils a major discovery: a dinner service commissioned by the jeweller Frederic Boucheron from Eugene Rousseau in 1873. Painted by Henri Lambert, this extraordinary work vividly demonstrates the impact of Japanese art on French designers. (Apollo)

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