The National Furniture, heir to the Royal Furniture Repository, Imperial and Republican, appeals to furniture and, in part, to the decor of the Palace of the Republic (Elysée, Matignon, Senate ...).

For maintenance of its collections, it has seven restoration workshops, guarantee traditional practices and crucibles of innovation. These are the joinery workshops, carpentry seats, chandeliers, bronze, upholstery, tapestry décor, carpet restoration and tapestries. Richly illustrated, this book deciphers ethics that drives every day these restaurateurs in their relation to the matter but also their knowledge of excellence facing the heritage objects, ancient or contemporary, that accompanied the great moments of history of France and give even today a framework for political power and the Republic.

After tracing the history of the national furniture since its inception, a chapter of the book dedicated to the Imperial Furniture Repository traveling, studying luxury and ingenuity of Napoleon's camp, and instead of Furniture Repository for managing his campaign effects. Finally presented seven workshops restore the Mobilier National, intangible heritage to a material heritage.

Dimensions: 24 x 28 cm,
304 pages
ISBN: 978-2-35340-230-4
Editeur : Gourcuff Gradenigo
Publication: 1 octobre 2015
Auteur Christiane Naffah-Bayle
Language : Français