French gastronomy is often praised. But what surrounds it is just as important. Discover, at the departmental hotel of the Var exhibitions (Draguignan), the art of French eating, from the cutlery to the sugar bowl, from the glass to the tablecloth with the exhibition ” The table, a French art”.
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To understand the use and the form of each object of the French table, the Departmental hotel of the Var exhibitions in Draguignan called on two commissioners, Pierre Provoyeur, a former Arts Deco, and Chantal Meslin-Perrier, of Adrien Dubouché museum from Limoges. Both have won the challenge of reviving this very French art of the table, from the 17th century to the present day, by raising laid tables. Late 18th century supper, French service, with its cohort of soup tureens, bowls and other terrines, Russian service with its glasses and cutlery wisely lined up waiting for the different successive courses.
Fernandez Armand, As in the sink, 1992 © ADAGP, Paris, Limoges, Adrien Dubouché national museum Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Limoges, Adrien Dubouché national museum) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
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Art Deco table, plates by Dufy and glasses by Lalique
The highlight of the show remains the Art Deco table with its plates by Jean Dufy, the brother of the painter Raoul Dufy. Japanese glasses from Lalique and an incredible glass and silver especially, restored for the occasion.
Table top, first half of the 18th century, Manufacture Hannong ©Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg. Photo Museums of Strasbourg, M.Bertola
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“The table, a French art” departmental hotel of the Var exhibitions, Draguignan, 1 Bd Maréchal Foch, www.hdevar.fr until March 6.
Find Guy Boyer on Radio Classique: Fridays at 1:00 p.m., Saturdays at 9:56 a.m. and 2:57 p.m. for his “Chronique Sorties”.
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