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Marie Antoinette: Patron of the Arts
April 5, 2007
Virginia Shearer chair, education, High Museum of Art

Virginia Shearer discusses the Bust of Marie Antoinette, 1782, by the Svres Porcelain Factory. The High Museum of Art presents Shearer, the High's Associate Chair for Education. The Queen, a fervent arts patron, commissioned several full table services, including hundreds of pieces in each for her palaces at Versailles and the Tuileries. She also requested furniture decorated with porcelain plaques, including a jewelry case made for her by the famous cabinetmaker Martin Carlin, whose furniture is shown in the Decorative Arts of the Kings.

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