Tamara Préaud, former archivist of the Sèvres Manufactory for over 40 years, is a specialist on French porcelain and has published widely on the subject. Her works include La porcelaine de Vincennes (1991) The Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory: Alexandre Brongniart and the triumph of art and industry, 1800–1847 (1997) and La Manufacture des Lumières : la sculpture à Sèvres de Louis XV à la Révolution (2015).

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BGC Gallery will resume its exhibition programming this September with the return of Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today, originally slated for fall 2024.
Bard Graduate Center is an advanced graduate research institute in New York City dedicated to the cultural histories of the material world. Our MA and PhD degree programs, Gallery exhibitions, research initiatives, scholarly publications and public programs explore new ways of thinking about decorative arts, design history, and material culture.