Dining with History

A square cachepot in the Marie Antoinette pattern produced by Bernardaud.

A month from Sunday, I’ll be winging my way to Paris to attend Maison & Objet, and I’m thrilled to say I’ve been invited to Limoges to visit the Bernardaud factory while I’m in France. This invitation from the porcelain manufacturer means so much to me because I will be able to see, in person, The Historic Table, a collection of patterns that stem from Louis XVI’s founding of the Ancienne Manufacture Royale (AMR) in 177...