Unwrapped from their protective coverings, as if awakened from a long sleep, some of the archival drawings are used here for the first time. Others, emblematic, free themselves from their original coloring or technique and reinvent themselves in a new way. Treasures of beauty, the collection reads like pages of history recalling the spirit of the time; a penchant for exoticism and representations of fanciful locales, an invitation to the intimacy of the private apartments of Marie-Antoinette Queen of France, a particular inclination for the printed canvases of the Manufacture Royale d’Oberkampf, a place aboard the first flight in a hot air balloon... Conceived as a manifesto of the French art of living, this collection explores the notions of know-how, quality and taste. Stunning trees of life, sublime indiennes, glorious cashmeres, eternal flowers and rivers, tapestries that are more than contemporary, the classics are endlessly reinvented.