Décors d'ambassades. Art et diplomatie française au XXe siècle. Beaux-arts l'usage de ces objets reste

l'usage de ces objets reste aujourd'hui incertain

Gregory set himself the task of collecting everything that could be learned

It is the result of three study days held at the University of Artois between 2010 and 2011

from the prosperity of Italian or Hanseatic ports to the draining of the Dutch marshes

Décors d'ambassades. Art et diplomatie française au XXe siècle. Beaux-arts l'usage de ces objets resteThe embassy decorations presented in this book retrace a century of diplomacy and the influence of French style abroad. They reveal the diplomatic role played by the decorative arts and, in counterpoint, their enrichment through contact with other cultures. From the first Art Nouveau and Art Deco ensembles to fin de sicle design, the most prestigious creators of their time meet on this world tour: Se and Mare in Warsaw, Francis Jourdain in Kabul, Jean