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Sèvres is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, 10.3 km (6.4 mi) to the southwest of the centre of Paris, [3] with an eastern edge by the river Seine. The commune borders Île Seguin, an island in the Seine, in the commune of Boulogne-Billancourt, adjoining Sèvres. Situation of Sèvres. Map of the commune.
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The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the principal European porcelain factories. It is located in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. It has been owned by the French crown or government since 1759.
Sèvres porcelain is hard paste porcelain made at the royal factory of Sèvres, France since 1756. It is one of the finest quality of porcelain in Europe and regarded as the symbol of power and...
Sèvres, town, southwestern residential suburb of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine département, Île-de-France région, north-central France. It lies on the left bank of the Seine River where it loops north around the Bois de Boulogne. It is famous for the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, established in the area by Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour in 1756
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Sèvres – Cité de la céramique (Sèvres City of Ceramics) is a French national ceramics museum located at the Place de la Manufacture, Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, France. It was created in January 2010, from the merger of the Musée national de Céramique-Sèvres and the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres. [1]
Apr 4, 2022 · A Sèvres gilt-metal and ivory-mounted teapot and cover made in 1846 is described in the archives as a théière chinoise ronde and combines this new form with European decoration. By the 1850s, Sèvres had also developed a technique called ‘pâte-sur-pâte’ — literally ‘paste on paste’.
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