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Luxury Shopping in 18th Century Paris with Hattie Bennett

Luxury Shopping in 18th Century Paris with Hattie Bennett


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The Marchand-Mercier was a group of designers, importers, and retailers who set the taste for French decorative arts and luxury goods during the 18th century. Described by Denis Diderot as "Sellers of Everything, makers of Nothing" the Marchand-Mercier created the first globalization of the arts incorporating Japanese and Chinese lacquer and porcelain into French designed furniture and object d'art. Supplying patrons such as Madam de Pompadour and Marie Antoinette, the Marchand-Mercier provided exquisite, innovative, and hugely expensive objects which furnished the grandest rooms of royalist France.
Led by Hattie Bennett, an expert in Decorative Arts, this lecture will discuss the luxury market and taste of 18th century France. Designed to inform curiosity as well as future travel plans, participants will come away with an increased understanding of the magnificent interiors of the 18th century.

Hattie has a degree in History of Art and an MA in Historic Interiors, she has a life-long passion and fascination in Fine and Decorative Arts, particularly works produced in Europe from the 16th to 18th century. After working for the Royal Collection in the Print Room at Windsor Castle, she was a curator for a private collector of 17th and 18th century prints and drawings. Hattie has worked for London's foremost framer of important old master paintings during which time she sharpened her appreciation and understanding of the decorative arts and the changing tastes of collecting. Recently she has been dealing in prints and works of art as well as taking groups of all ages to museums and galleries.

This conversation is suitable for all ages.

90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.

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