Derniers Impressionnistes, le temps de l’intimité

The book accompanies a series of exhibitions that will begin with the one to be held in Singer Laren in the Netherlands from September 4 to December 2, 2018.

In 2019
It is the turn of Evian in France to host an exhibition on this theme at the Palais Lumière from March 16 to June 2, 2019.
It will then be in Quimper on two sites (Museum of Fine Arts and Breton Departmental Museum) from June 21 to September 29, 2019.

Paris, la quintessence du meuble au XIXe siècle

When I met Christopher Payne he used to say :

“For many years I felt that I was working alone in this field, an Englishman delving into French furniture history. There was little or no interest from French museums or academics, who were at the time concentrating on the “purity” of the eighteenth century or, as a complete contrast, the innovative era of the English Arts and Crafts period […]”

I was among those who grinned at the evocation of the 19th century. it is over. The beauty of Christofle, Fourdinois, Duvinage’s creations is stunning. Christopher Payne’s approach of the copies through the savoir-faire of Parisian makers, mostly unknown, convinced us to the point of dedicating five years to achieve this book. It is a discovery! Open it and be surprised…

Monelle Hayot