Le Goût pour les laques d'Orient en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Architecture – Paysage others little known

others little known

Was the greatest poet of the Middle Ages the disciple of the greatest Arab philosopher

if many critics had not reproached Ovid's Loves for their lightness

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Le Goût pour les laques d'Orient en France aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Architecture – Paysage others little knownA summary of the history of the taste for lacquerware in France in the modern era, from its importation to its use. Based on documents from the French East India Company and on inventories of merchants and individuals after their deaths, it bears witness to Europe's fascination with these Asian products and the expectations of Westerners over two centuries.