Roger Bernard ; Jean-Claude Renard ; Janine Silvere ; translation : Denis Mahaffey
Reference : 55825
, Gien France, 1981 Hardcover, 162 pag., ENG. edition, 330 x 255 x 25 mm,,illustrated dustjacket ( a little disrupted, book itself is in Fine Condition ), illustrated in colour / b/w, light blue cover with white imprint. ISBN 9782858890286.
La fa encerie de Gien or les fa enceries de Gien (according to its official name in 2021)3 are a fine earthenware manufacturing company located in the French town of Gien in the Loiret department and the Centre-Val de Loire region. Among the many earthenware factories born in the 19th century, that of Gien is one of the most renowned and the most important in Europe. The Gien factory excelled in the art of imitation, and manufactured copies of pieces from the past at an affordable price. Unique pieces were also created with the help of talented artists who illustrated them with new decorations or were inspired by those of past centuries (17th and 18th centuries) or those of other European and Far Eastern earthenware.