Jean Jacques Bachelier (director), pair of Vases Ruche (Beehive Vases), ca. 1769–75. Glazed and gilded soft-paste porcelain. Manufacture et Musée nationaux, Sèvres, MNC 2022.2.1, .2.

This research symposium, organized in conjunction with the Bard Graduate Center exhibition Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today, will explore the storied history of innovation at the manufactory. Presentations from leading scholars and curators at Sèvres will focus on furniture, lighting, notable works, and artistic legacies.
Schedule
1:30 pm Welcome and Introduction from exhibition curator Charlotte Vignon

2 pm
Tamara Préaud (Manufacture nationale de Sèvres)
Viviane Mesqui (Manufacture nationale de Sèvres)

3:15 pm Coffee break

3:45 pm
Linda Roth (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum)
Soazig Guilmin (Manufacture nationale de Sèvres)
Judith Cernogora (Manufacture nationale de Sèvres)

5:15 pm Concluding Remarks

5:30 pm Reception

Support for Sèvres Extraordinaire! Sculpture from 1740 until Today is generously provided by the Lee B. Anderson Memorial Foundation, the Majolica International Society, the Belvedere Trust, Michele Beiny Harkins, Giles Ellwood and Philippe Sacerdot, and other donors to Bard Graduate Center.