35th Anniversary Donors & Sponsors | Historic Buildings Take on New Life | The Emperor’s Guests Library at Compiègne | Education | $1 Million Milestone in Grants | Past National & Chapter Events

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Bourse de Commerce

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01 Table of Contents02 Message from the Chairman 35 Years and Counting

35th Anniversary05 35 Years of Accomplishments06 We Thank our Donors and Supporters09 Don’t Miss our CharityBuzz Auctions10 An Imperial Feast by Two-Star Chef Jérôme Banctel Featured Article 12 Historic Buildings Take on New Life Education16 Student Program More than 450 Transatlantic Internships Grants20 20 Grants in 201723 $1 Million in Grants in 201724 Palais de Compiègne Bringing a Library and an Époque Back to Life29 Planned Giving Opportunities Featured Article 30 Like a Château Rising to the Sky The Pierre’s French Roots Past Chapter Events33 French Heritage Literary Award34 Young Friends Circle New York35 Young Friends Circle Paris36 Atlanta37 Boston and Dallas39 Louisiana40 New York and Northern California41 Paris42 Philadelphia and Southern California43 Salon du Patrimoine / Corporate Patrons

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As we celebrate our 35th Anniversary this October during a whirl-wind week exploring the horse country and 19th century Proustian world of Normandy, the secret charms of today’s Paris, and culmi-nating in a glittering soirée at the Palais de Compiègne, we have much to reflect upon at French Heritage Society. We should be proud of our growth over these years as we look to the future.

Today, we have a dynamic, diversified, and very engaged Board of Directors with 25 members from the worlds of business, law, interior design, historic research, and private philanthropy. Unlike many boards, all of our Board Members actively serve on committees that pursue our goals in development, preservation, grants, education and outreach. Our Founder, Michèle le Menestrel Ullrich is still an active member of our Board as well as George Martin, our original and still dedicated Counsel, and David Grey, our long-standing Treasurer. At the same time, we are fortunate to have a very talented new Executive Director, Jennifer Herlein, and an active Young Friends Circle: one launched in 2015 in Paris with 25 members followed in 2016 in New York with 21 members. Our total membership in the United States and Paris is 450.

Our outreach has never been stronger. Our Corporate Patron Program has such distinguished partners as the Bristol Hotel in Paris,

the Pierre Hotel in New York City, the Banque Transatlantique, and Lalique, with other partnerships in the works. We have been blessed to have the Florence Gould Foundation as a longstanding supporter. This year they have supported two major grants: $250,000 for the Chapel of the Jesuits in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, and $168,000 for the Cloister of Mont Saint Michel in Normandy. We are also extreme-ly honored that the Danny Kaye & Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation has made two grants this year: $100,000 to support the scenography of the upcoming exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the Spring of 2018, “Visitors to Versailles” as well as a $25,000 grant to the restoration of the Venetian Room at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York City. Many thanks to our Board Member Dena Kaye for these grants from her family’s foundation.

We are delighted to have entered into a new partnership with Iron Mountain, which provides solutions for records and document man-agement. Iron Mountain will underwrite our grant of $80,000 for the Emperor’s Guests Library at the Palais de Compiègne. The library was created by Napoleon III for the pleasure of his guests in resi-dence for the famous “series”. Once restored, the site will open to the public, including class visits for schools, with a large part of the former collection digitalized.

35 Years and Counting

—Message from the Chairman

Our 11 Chapters, 10 in the USA and one in Paris, are more energetic than ever. Through events such as lectures, visits, receptions, and galas, our dedicated chapters raise approximately $200,000 a year for restoration grants to projects in the USA of French inspiration, as well as projects in our beloved France. I salute all the Chapter Chairmen for their dedicated hard work in these important fund-raising efforts! Bravo!

In addition, we give annual galas and dinners in New York, Paris, and Palm Beach. In 2017, we launched the first annual French Heritage Literary Award. Not only do these events raise monies for restoration projects, but also for our extremely meaningful Student Exchange Program. We send students from the USA to institutions such as Chantilly, the King’s Garden at Versailles, and private châteaux all over France, and French students to places such as Drayton Hall and Middleton Place in Charleston, SC, the Preservation Society of Newport County in Rhode Island, and the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. We are in the process of creating an Alumni Network via LinkedIn for our student interns (over 450 now).

All of this has earned FHS an expanded visibility. We have been fea-tured in articles in France-Amérique, The New York Times, M Magazine of Le Monde, and Le Figaro Magazine. In addition, we have appeared

on French television and radio on 66 Minutes on the M6 Channel, and on TF1. Such important exposure can only serve to enhance our prestige in the Franco-American philanthropic world.

In conclusion, I would like to thank each member of our dedicated staff in both New York, and Paris for their tireless good humored and efficient work to help FHS in its mission of restoration, education, and Franco-American friendship. Great thanks to every member of FHS – you are our core constituency!

Along with our President Denis de Kergorlay, I would like to wish a Happy Anniversary to French Heritage Society,

Elizabeth F. StriblingChairman

Elizabeth Stribling, Chairman, and Denis de Kergorlay, President

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—35th Anniversary Celebration

Journey through Normandy Monday, October 2nd through Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

Sparkling Paris Thursday, October 5th and Friday, October 6th, 2017

Imperial BallPalais de Compiègne

Saturday, October 7th, 2017

We honor 35 years of accomplishment thanks to the loyal support of

members, patrons, donors, foundations and corporations. And, of

course, our Board of Directors, administration, Chapter Chairmen

and volunteers. It is truly a team effort. Un grand merci à vous tous!

At a glance, here is what we have achieved together:

Restoration

Since 1982, FHS has awarded 550 restoration grants totaling $19.5

million (including matching funds). In 2017 alone, we will award 20

restoration and cultural grants—14 in the U.S. and 6 in France—with

a $1 million fund-raising goal. Thanks to our generous partners and

donors nearly $900,000 has been raised to date.

Education

Nearly 450 American and French university students have participated

in our Student Exchange Program since its inception. In 2017, 38 stu-

dents from prestigious educational institutions received scholarships

and crossed the Atlantic to take part in internships in esteemed cultural

organizations, historic châteaux, plantations, and parks and gardens in

France and the U.S.

French-American Friendship

FHS’ 11 Chapters organize over 50 events per year with proceeds going

to restoration projects. In 2017, our chapters pledged to raise $173,500

in support of grant projects.

35 Years of Accomplishments!

—35th Anniversary Celebration

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Program Donors (Grants & Education)

The Florence Gould FoundationThe Danny Kaye and Sylvia Fine

Kaye FoundationIron Mountain IncorporatedMs. Karen Archer Belinda FundJane Bernbach-Rice May Bigelow Madame Françoise BlanchetMr. and Mrs. Joseph S. BoltonElizabeth S. BrowneCharles and Jane Carroll Loretta CaseyMr. and Mrs. Glynne CouvillionNathaniel DayMadame Richard Flahaut de la

BillarderieMadame Bernard Forterre Stephen and Margaret GillMr. Burks HamnerSuzanne KahlMichael A. Kovner and Jean

Doyen de MontaillouBaronne de LaroullièreMadame Lasserre de VézeroncePrincesse Marie-Sol de La Tour

d'AuvergneKamie LightburnJudy McLarenNorman Nelson Mr. and Mrs. George W. Peck, IV Mr. Raymond PlumeyAnne and François Poulet

Madame Axelle SandtMrs. Elizabeth F. Stribling and Mr.

Guy N. RobinsonMitch and Chrissy Sayare Monsieur l’Ambassadeur et

Madame José-Maria UllrichAnn and William Van NessMr. and Mrs. Stephen Wasserman Monsieur Alain WitrandMonsieur Arnaud WitrandMonsieur et Madame François

Witrand

35th Anniversary Donors

Mr. Christophe BernardMonsieur et Madame Jean

BeunardeauHarry and Linda FathVincent and Nicole GarrowKazie Metzger and John C. Harvey

35th Anniversary ParticipantsTravelers Program

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald BakerMs. Amanda Crider Mr. Ronald Lee FlemingMr. Jolyon Grant and Mrs. Gail

Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Gurnee F. Hart Comte Denis de Kergorlay Mrs. Helen K. KingRobert and Joan KrollMr. Thomas A. LarsenMs. Judy McLaren Mr. David SadroffMr. and Mrs. Stanley DeForest

Scott Mr. John Staelin and Mrs.

Elizabeth Locke Mrs. Elizabeth F. Stribling and Mr.

Guy N. Robinson Mr. Thomas W. ThalerAnn and William Van NessMs. Barbara Wolf

Parisians ProgramComtesse Caroline Safian Krawiec

Brownstone and Mr. Louis H. Brownstone III

Madame Barbara de Portago

Gala Emperor’s Circle

Monsieur et Madame Jean Beunardeau

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. BoltonMr. Yann CoatanlemMonsieur Jean-Luc ColomboMr. Timothy CorriganMonsieur François DecosterMaître and Madame Freddy

DressenMonsieur Laurent Faugerolas et

Madame Catherine VaillantCharles and Clydette de GrootMonsieur Charles-Marie Jottras

et Madame Marie-Hélène Lundgreen

Ms. Jennifer KartonoMs. Dena KayeMadame LabourdettePatricia Auger LecasMonsieur et Madame Didier Le

CalvezMs. Silvina Leone and Mr. Pablo

CisilinoMr. Juan Pablo MolyneuxMs. Alicia PerdueMadame Monique RaimondMonsieur Arnaud RevertMr. Timothy RobinsonJean ShafiroffMonsieur Pierre-Christian Tramier

et Madame Christine ArlauxMonsieur l’Ambassadeur et

Madame José-Maria UllrichMs. Alexandra Van des MeulenMr. and Mrs. Pierre Guillaume

VilleréMonsieur Didier Wirth

Empress Eugénie’s Circle

Mrs. Véronique BichCeCe and Lee BlackBaroness Laurie BodorMonsieur et Madame Jacques-

François Borrel Comte et Comtesse Denis de

Kergorlay

Princess Mathilde’s Circle

Ms. Karen ArcherMs. Roxana BartoloméMadame Dominique BiarnèsMs. Victoria BlazyBobbie BrewsterMonsieur et Madame Jean-Claude

ClémentMr. Christian DrazMr. John EatonShirley A. EstesDr. Lynn E. EzellNicky and Rick FalckRichard and Rosann GutmanMadame Ingrid HeldMrs. Jennifer HerleinFernanda HertelendyGlen HertelendyMartha HertelendyMadame Nicole HirshArian HolmanTina HolmanCharlotte KelloggBaronne de LaroullièrePrincesse Marie-Sol de La Tour

d'AuvergneMonsieur et Madame Edouard-

François de LencquesaingUrsula and Paul Lowerre

Monsieur Edouard Mayoral de la Casa Micaux

et Madame Isabelle Mayoral de la Casa Micaux

Marvin Peterson and Helen Marquad Muench

Denise-Marie and Joseph NiemanGeorge NortonRobin OkunFrank and Sally PedrazaMonsieur Olivier de RohanBaronne Antoine de Roquette-

BuissonSusana Sam-VargasMadame Inès Sauzet-FontanelMitch and Chrissy SayareMonsieur et Madame Henri SahutOdile de Schiétère-Longchampt

and Michel LongchamptIngo SchroederDr. and Mrs. Hass ShafiaThomas and Patricia ShiahMonsieur et Madame Thibault

SurerMr. Benjamin WellsMs. Jacqueline WilsonMr. Miles Young

Prince Loulou’s Circle

Cyrus GentryElizabeth HartnettLaeticia de LaroullièreCecilia de LencquesaingLuis de LencquesaingMaureen NashPhilippe Stanfield-PinelVincent Van den Bogaert

We thank our donors and patrons for their generous support!

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The maison Arlaux, famous for its elegant champagnes, has just opened its new boutique in the heart of Paris, an enticing place to indulge in the French lifestyle.

Located at 350 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris 1er, near the Place Vendôme, the Arlaux boutique offers delicious gourmet food, chocolates, biscuits, elegant champagne glasses, tableware and, of course, the Arlaux Champagnes. Upon reservation, the shop turns into a tasting workshop for groups of 5-10 people. Discover the history of Champagne, winemaking and

the art of tasting with three different cuvées from the Arlaux winery.

FHS Members and Au Courant readers can purchase the cuvée spéciale “35ème anniversaire” champagne served at the Imperial Ball at the Palais de Compiègne. With the first purchase,

you will receive the limited edition French Heritage Society champagne stopper as a gift.

For more informationtel.: +33 1 4707 4308 — contact@arlaux.fr

www.arlaux.fr

La Boutique Arlaux Champagne time in Paris

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auctions will help fund our grants and programming.

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Unwind during a glamorous New England seaside getaway

Enjoy a 2- night stay in the Tower Suite at The Ocean House, a Relais & Châteaux resort perched on the bluffs of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. With sweeping views of the Atlantic, allow yourself to be transported to the early 1900s when this grand Victorian hotel was a genteel beach resort where gen-erations of families and guests from across America came “to summer.” You will enjoy the recently-renovated beachfront location and world-class amenities of this resort that pay homage to New England’s golden age of hospitality with timeless elegance.

Embark on a unique and immersive sojourn through France with a château

as your home-baseImmerse yourself in the extraordinary beau-ty of French language, culture and gastron-omy through a full week getaway for you and a guest at the Château de la Mazure. Through the Château’s “Language, Culture & Cooking Program”, you will have a unique opportunity to improve your French while also living an authentic French expe-rience in an architectural treasure located in the heart of Northwest France. The package also includes intimate visits to nearby cul-tural monuments and hidden gems.

Enjoy a weeklong escape in Timothy Corrigan’s enchanting Parisian

flat and a Dinner at Le 114 FaubourgExclusive lot - back by popular demand! Enter an unforgettable and magical world that you can call your home for one week. In this enchanting pied-a-terre designed by Timothy Corrigan, named one of Architectural Digest’s Top 100 Designers for the tenth consecutive year, you will have a unique chance to experience first-hand his inimitable brand of “comfortable elegance.” The designer’s private residence in the heart of Paris will take your breath away with its sumptuous custom-fitted designs that offer a modern and often unexpected twist on heirloom furniture and classical archi-tectural details. During your stay you will be treated to a romantic dinner for two at Le 114 Faubourg, Le Bristol Paris’ one-star Luxury Brasserie, situated just a few steps away from your elegant abode.

Join the Mayor of Paris for the City of Light’s VIP Bastille Day Reception

Bid to win 4 VIP tickets to attend the offi-cial Bastille Day celebrations in Paris on Tuesday, July 14, 2018. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enjoy the most coveted view of the Bastille Day fireworks launched from the Eiffel Tower itself, while mingling with France’s elite! This exclusive invitation-only reception gathers notewor-thy guests at the Palais de Chaillot, includ-ing the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, and the Mayor of Paris. With these VIP tickets, you and your lucky guests will be sure to experience Bastille Day at the height of Parisian glamour!

Gain exclusive access to Hermès’ secret museum

You and a guest can discover the wonder-ful world of Emile Hermès’ curiosity cabi-net. Hidden on the top floor of the Hermès store on the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré and closed to the general public, the Musée Emile Hermès features a stunning collec-tion of equestrian antiques from around the world as well as original Hermès prod-ucts. The private museum is made up of an astounding series of wood-paneled rooms, featuring a diverse array of equestrian items, including hand-stitched saddles from the 1800s, antique spurs and of course, classic Hermès leather products.

Additional exciting lots await you online…We thank our generous donors, including:

Timothy CorriganLe Bristol Paris

Château de la MazureChristian Duvernois Landscape/Studio

Fonds pour Paris – Paris FoundationHermèsLalique

Mellerio dits MellersThe Ocean House Resort

The Pierre New York, A Taj Hotel

Online Auction at charitybuzz.comImperial Ball: Thursday, October 5–Thursday, October 19

Cocktail Dînatoire: Wednesday, November 1–Wednesday, November 15

—CharityBuzz Auction

Images from left to right: Bastille Day Fireworks; Château de la Mazure; Timothy Corrigan’s Parisian Flat; The Ocean House Resort

Bastille Day Fireworks Château de la Mazure Timothy Corrigan’s Parisian Flat The Ocean House Resort

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An Imperial Feastby Two-star Chef Jérôme Banctel

—35th Anniversary

« As gastronomy is an integral part of the French culinary heritage, it is an honor for La Réserve Paris to prepare the menu for the 35th

Anniversary Gala Dinner for French Heritage Society. » —Jérôme Banctel, Executive Chef at Le Gabriel at La Réserve Paris

For FHS’ Gala Dinner and Ball, the splendors of the Imperial Court of the Second Empire come alive, evoking a time when Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie celebrated in style. The Emperor dazzled Europe by reviving the pomp of Versailles and a host of other festivities. At the Palais de Compiègne, the fa-mous séries, organized three or four times per season between late October and mid-December, brought together writers, com-posers, painters and politicians for dazzling soirées.

FHS is delighted to share an unforgettable evening of opulent spender with its devoted American and French friends. We have the pleasure of enjoying our Gala Dinner in the magnificent Galerie de Bal to savor the gastronomic marvels of the talented Michelin two-star chef Jérôme Banctel from Le Gabriel at Hôtel La Réserve Paris!

All the flavor and refinement of a feast fit for an Emperor will delight our senses as Jérôme Banctel brings his mastery of tradi-tional French cuisine to our table. A native of Brittany trained by the greats, he has worked for the best restaurants in France. He will be right at home at the magnificent Palais de Compiègne. Like the adventurers of Napoleon’s day, he also adds a flourish of the exotic. His travels to Japan have had a major influence on him and his search for authentic flavors above all else.

Jérôme Banctel celebrates French gastronomy with a creative f lair. His career began in Enghien and the Netherlands, before progressing to some of the best tables in Paris, from the Jules Verne to Les Ambassadeurs, and the Hôtel de Crillon. This was followed by the prestigious L’Ambroisie, on the Place des Vosges, where he spent eight years as Sous-Chef working with Bernard Pacaud.

In 2006 Alain Senderens asked the young Banctel to become head chef of his restaurant at the Place de la Madeleine. Working with this starred chef greatly contributed to Jérôme Banctel’s own unique development. He adopted Senderens’s creed of starting with the finished product (wine) to determine the best possible pairing. The concept of pairing wine and food offered a whole new perspective on gastronomy, one that we will have the pleasure of savoring for ourselves.

Two stars in the Guide Michelin for Le Gabriel at La Réserve Paris

In early 2015, Jérôme Banctel was asked to head up the kitchens of Le Gabriel, the gourmet restaurant of the newly opened La Réserve Paris. Success was immediate and well-deserved. When the Guide Michelin revealed its star-awarded tables in 2016, La Réserve Paris under Didier Le Calvez, and its restaurant, Le Gabriel, managed by Jérôme Banctel, were proud to have joined the ranks of two-starred establishments, just a year after they opened.

Jérôme Banctel © Stéphane de Bourgies

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In Paris and Lyon, Major Historic Buildings Take on New Life

La Bourse de Commerce – an Important New Art Museum

French luxury goods tycoon François Pinault, once described as the most powerful man in the modern art world, and his plans for his new modern art museum in the center of Paris are the talk of the art and architecture world. Work on “The Pinault Collection, Bourse de Commerce” is underway and it is scheduled to open in early 2019. The interior is to get a makeover by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando while French architect and longtime FHS collaborator Pierre-Antoine Gatier oversees the historic monument. The stakes are high for what is seen as one of the most important transformations of a Paris building in years.

The 18th-century structure, a former grain market whose ar-chitecture fascinated Thomas Jefferson, later became a stock exchange. It is one of Paris’ most historically significant but least known buildings. A column built by Catherine de Medici still towers over the site where a former 16th-century residence stood. Tadao Ando will install a giant concrete cylinder in the middle of the unique circular building under a historic dome to create a fresh and innovative space for Pinault’s collection of more than 3,500 works by contemporary artists like Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Agnes Martin and Cy Twombly. It will have 32,000 square feet of exhibition space on three f loors and an underground auditorium. The museum will be renovated at an expected cost of $121 million and be run by the Pinault family’s foundation.

It is the latest chapter in the art-world rivalry of two of France’s wealthiest businessmen: a tale of momentous art collections and a quest to build Paris museums that would transform the city’s landscape and put it at the heart of the contemporary art world. Pinault stressed at a news conference announcing the project last year that his “goal is to share my passion for contemporary art with as broad an audience as possible.”

Three years ago Pinault’s long-time business rival, Bernard Arnault, the owner of the Louis Vuitton luxury goods group LVMH, built his own Paris museum for his art collection, a vast building designed by the celebrated American architect Frank Gehry. Earlier this year, the Shchukin exhibition there alone drew an impressive one million visitors.

Pinault has been searching for decades for a Paris home for his 1.25€ billion art collection. A self-made man whose luxury group had acquired a string of the world’s most famous fashion brands, from Yves Saint Laurent to Gucci and Balenciaga, Pinault had given up on trying to build a museum on the site of an old Renault car factory on the Île Seguin and instead opened two museum spaces in Venice, the Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, both of which were also renovated by Tadao Ando.

Pinault, who also owns Christie’s auction house, promised that the renovation and transformation of the stock exchange would be as much a work of art as the pieces set to be displayed inside it. One of the conditions of the new gallery, closely monitored by France’s national heritage bodies, is that all new modifications must be reversible.

Strategically located between the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou, France’s pre-eminent contemporary art museum, the Pinault Collection will bring additional “caché” to the dis-trict already undergoing important renewal. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, who negotiated the deal under which Pinault’s art foundation will restore the building in exchange for a 50-year lease, said the project was an “immense gift” to the city and would open up a “closed” building to the public as part of an on-going urban renewal to give a “new beating heart” to the area.

The bourse looms over the newly revamped Les Halles shop-ping mall and transit point, the busiest in Europe, where more than 750,000 people pass daily. In the 1970s the city bulldozed the 19th-century wrought-iron market pavilions there and the new construction aged badly. Les Halles is now at the end of a massive renovation and redesign, and a vast new steel-and-glass canopy was unveiled last year. The nearby Louvre central post office and the old Samaritaine department store are also being redeveloped as luxury hotels and other mixed-use projects, which will give this entire section of Paris an upscale face lift.

Bourse de Commerce and renovated gardens at les Halles

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The Grand Hôtel-Dieu Redevelopment Project in Lyon

Lyon, the second largest city in France, is also in the midst of a dynamic redevelopment project of its own. As a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lyon is recognized for its architectural landmarks, its historic prominence as a silk weaving center and as a gastronomic capital.

The Grand-Hôtel Dieu is a major urban renewal project taking place in the city where culture represents 20% of the municipal budget. It is the largest private renovation project ever carried out for a classified historic monument in France at a cost of some 270 million euros.

The Grand Hôtel-Dieu project, undertaken by the builder Eiffage, entails restoring 40,000 m² of building façades, add-ing 11,500 m² of new buildings, and renovating 8,000 m² of courtyards and gardens. It will house nine restaurants, for-ty-five boutiques, offices, an InterContinental 5-star hotel with 143 rooms, a conference center, a dozen residential units and the International City of Gastronomy. 1,400 windows will be restored or replaced and 15,000 m2 of roofing will be repaired. The site will open onto the city at eight different points of ac-cess, replacing the single access point currently in use. The city will also renovate the surrounding streets and the quay.Though founded in the 12th century, nothing remains of the original Hôtel-Dieu de Notre Dame where François Rabelais practiced medicine in 1532. The current Hotel-Dieu dates from the 17th and 18th centuries, including Souff lot’s magnificent 18th-century dome.

It is one of the most beautiful and imposing monuments in the city but also one of the least well known. As it was originally established as a hospital, operational until 2010, it was rarely visited by the general public if they could help it. A veritable city within a city, stretching for blocks, it did not receive the at-tention it deserved. It includes three spectacular domes, a clois-ter and a series of interior courtyards. Its majestic façade spans 350 meters. This architectural treasure is now set to become one of Lyon’s major cultural and tourist attractions as well.

While maintaining its religious function, the chapel, in close connection with the Grand Hôtel-Dieu, will participate in its development by hosting cultural events (exhibitions, concerts, etc.). The main entrance of the Grand Hotel-Dieu will be next to the Chapel of the Hotel-Dieu. Therefore, the plan began with the restoration of the chapel, built between 1637 and 1655, with its eight interior chapels. This 8.2 million euro restoration proj-ect was the key to the larger project taking shape. FHS was the first private donor to support the restoration of the chapel with a grant of $25,000 in 2008 followed by an addition grant in 2014 of $239,400 with the support of The Florence Gould Foundation. Head architect Didier Repellin, a longtime collab-orator of FHS, is overseeing both the restoration of the chapel and the Grand Hôtel-Dieu redevelopment project.

As Didier Repellin observes, “the quality of the present struc-ture is strong enough to simply restore it and remove all the “tinkering” added on here and there. But we must…connect it again with the surrounding neighborhood and the f low of local and foreign visitors ... Behind these stones, hides a human, scientific and aesthetic richness. It is this osmosis of all three which gives an exceptional dimension to the Hôtel-Dieu, and which makes it an inspired edifice.”

Care has been taken to develop the project “without losing the soul of the site.” The building has been protected from total privatization as was the case with the historic Laennec Hospital in Paris. In December 2017, the first phase of the Grand Hôtel-Dieu project will open its doors to the public. The restoration work has allowed a truly modern urban district to take shape in the heart of the city. All of the important historical sections of the Hôtel-Dieu will gradually be opened to the public to redis-cover and make a part of their everyday lives as they dine, shop or sip a glass of wine in the series of historic courtyard gardens.

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The Grand Hôtel-Dieu project, with the chapel (center) along the Rhône River in Lyon; The 18th-century Soufflot dome

Rendering of the Soufflot dome as part of the five-star hotel

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18 Americans Students interning in France

Bard Graduate CenterIsabella Gaia LETTEREMusée du Louvre, Paris

Cornell UniversityEve ANDERSONPotager du Roi, Versailles

Elizabeth FABISChâteau de Villandry

Adriana HIDALGO Potager du Roi, Versailles

University of ChicagoSonia FELDMANBibliothèque Caso, Saint-Omer

Georgetown UniversityRaphaele SEVRAINChâteau de Gizeux

Harvard UniversityJulie SALZINGERMusée Picasso, Paris

Mateo LINCOLNMusée Sandelin, Saint-Omer

Magnolia GardenCecilia PROBSTChâteau de Brécy

Middlebury CollegeCameron FLYNNChâteau de CommarqueChâteau de Montréal

Naomi JABOUIN Château de Fontainebleau

Parsons School of DesignKelly KONRADMusée Carnavalet, Paris

University of GeorgiaSkyler KEENEYChâteau d’AcquignyChâteau de CanisyChâteau de la Bourdaisière

Ashley WIGGINSChâteau de Sasnières Château de VauvilleChâteau de Valmer

University of VermontSamantha SULLIVANChâteau d’AcquignyChâteau de CanisyYale University

Alice YANGChâteau de CommarqueChâteau de Montréal

Alexandra MORRISONMusée d’Orsay, Paris

School of the Art Institute of ChicagoJade BOUDREAUXChâteau de Chambord(architect in residence)

20 French Students interning in the US

Ecole Nationale Supérieur du PaysageCamille ANTARIEULyndhurst Estate, Tarrytown, NY

Tiphane BABULLE Magnolia Garden, Charleston, SC

Lucille FEUILLETMagnolia Garden, Charleston, SC

Arnaud HAINCAUDMiddleton Place, Charleston, SC

Cédric REOLONChicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, IL

Marie RUFFIERSt. Anthony’s Garden, New Orleans, LA

Rebecca THIBAUDLyndhurst Estate, Tarrytown, NY

Ecole des ChartesAnne-Claire BOURGEONThe Frick Collection, NYC

Ecole du LouvreKhemais BEN LAKHDARFashion Institute of Technology, NYC

Lara CAVALLOClark Institute,Williamstown, MA

Eulalie FERRY GAYELaura Plantation,Vacherie, LA

Leo FREZELHistoric New Orleans Collection, LA

Virginie GUFFROYMetropolitain Museum of Art, NYC

Maud LECLAIRMetropolitain Museum of Art, NYC

François POURIASMuseum of Modern Art, NYC

Manon QUEUDRAYPreservation Society of Newport County, Newport, RI

Clémence SALMONThe Frick Collection, NYC

Alistair TAOUNZA-JEMINET, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA

Salome VAN EYNDEHistoric New England,Boston, MA

Zoe VANNIERWWII Museum, New Orleans, LA

—Education —Education

FHS’ Student Exchange ProgramMore than 450 Students over the Past 35 Years

Images from top to bottom: 1944 postcard for exhibition on the Liberation of Paris at the museum; Musée Carnavalet (History of Paris) currently under restoration; Amy Fienga and Diane de Roquette-Buisson, Student Program Co-Chairman, at

the Potager du Roi in Versailles Intern Day: The FHS New York team tours the Met’s Department of Arms and Armor with Pierre Terjanian, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Curator, Virginie Guffroy (first row, far right) and next to her, Maud Leclair who both interned there, with

other French interns in New York City and at Lyndhurst Mansion.

2017 Student Program in France and the U.S.

“In parsing through these [attic] files, I felt as though I held the history of Paris at my fingertips. Never before in my studies had the past felt so tangible, so close at hand…I felt the historical and physical heft of the keys to the Bastille prison in the palm of my hands. I, with pride and joy, held a pin worn by attendees of the Liberation Day Parade on the

Champs-Elysées.”—Kelly Konrad from Parsons School for Design who interned at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris

With its 35th Anniversary milestone this year, FHS’ Student Exchange Program offered 38 American and French students prestigious internships this summer. In addition to the remark-able partnerships already in place, Diane de Roquette Buisson and Amy Fienga developed a number of exciting new ones this year with the Musée d’Orsay (Paris), the Château de Villandry (Indre-et-Loir), the Saint-Omer Library (Pas-de-Calais) and in New York City with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frick Collection and the Fashion Institute of Technology.

More than 450 students have benefited from the program since it began. These alumni have gone on to obtain special-ized degrees, do advanced research, work in the field of heri-tage preservation, museums, collections, cultural institutions and in horticulture. And, in some cases, host new FHS in-terns. Thanks to the generous support of the Florence Gould Foundation, the American Society of the French Legion of Honor as well as private donors, FHS offers stipends which allow French students to benefit from internship in the U.S. and Americans students to come France. Many of this year’s students are already studying for their Masters degrees and brought a high level of skill and knowledge to their positions.Diane and Amy are already laying the groundwork for next year’s program, which promises to be equally excellent.

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Among the new internships offered this summer was an incredible opportunity at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. Alexandra Morrison, a student from Yale doing doctoral work on copying in the 19th cen-tury, spent two months working on an upcoming exhibition at the heart of Paris’ temple to Impressionists.

As Alexandra reports, “my time at the Musée d’Orsay has been an edifying and inspiring experience. Under the direction of curator Paul Perrin, I had the opportunity not only to contribute to an up-coming exhibition, but also to learn more about the museum’s com-mitment to scholarship and curatorial challenges.

The upcoming exhibition Les Impressions colorées, which will travel to Singapore and Adelaide, Australia later this year, was the main focus of my internship. The development of new, synthetic pigments in the late 18th and early 19th century remains largely separate from the standard narratives of art-making in the age of modernity. The Impressionists’ innovation lay not only in their choice of subjects or their working en plein air, but also in their painterly methods. For the exhibition catalogue, I prepared a chronology juxtaposing the histo-ry of Impressionism and of color theory. I also compiled and translat-ed an anthology of criticism concerning Impressionists’ use of color and drafted biographies of the key artists featured in the exhibition.

I worked mostly from the museum’s archives, library, and the Centers for Research and Restoration of Museums of France at the Louvre and at Versailles. As an art historian interested in the material and technical practices of 19th-century painters, the exhibition provided an exciting opportunity to investigate questions of method in depth.

As one of the largest and most impressive institutions of late 19th-cen-tury painting, the Musée d’Orsay faces a few exceptional challenges. It has one of the richest permanent collections of any museum in the world, one so full of masterpieces in fact that it is necessary to constantly rotate the works on view in order to accommodate loan requests from other museums. As a result, the museum’s galleries are constantly in flux. The museum’s closure every Monday provides a one-day window to reconfigure the galleries. During the summer months, many of the museum’s best-known galleries changed com-pletely: Monet’s Déjeuner moved to face off with Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe, for example.”

Cédric Réolon, landscape designer from the École Nationale Supérieure de Paysage, spent the summer at the Chicago Botanic Garden and shares with

us excepts from his journal.

“First weekend of discovery of the “Windy city”

I am surprised by the size of the city and the diversity of the urban parks and green spaces. Since 1830, Chicago’s motto has been “urbs in horto”, a Latin phrase meaning “city in a garden.” I would like to share my own experiences and learnings day after day, in Chicago Botanic Garden (Glencoe) as well as in Ragdale Foundation (Lake Forest), but also during my spare time spent discovering the fabulous city of Chicago. I was a gardener in the morning and a landscape designer in the afternoon.

August 15thEarly-morning arrival at Chicago Botanic garden, deep cleaning of the vegetable garden for the visit of the team of Barack Obama the next day. The purpose of this visit is to create a vegetable garden ad-joining the future library named after the former President that will be built in a sensitive area of South Chicago. Afternoon working on the plant list to be suggested to Ragdale, in line with the intentions of my project and with my drawings. Back to Ragdale for an important meeting with the landscape designer in charge of a new project for the Ragdale Foundation Garden. This is the first public presentation of my project now entitled “the Crinkle Crankle Garden.” This is a particularly important step since my work seems to be much appre-ciated by both the project manager, a landscape design professional, and my internship supervisor.

Behind the Scenes at the Musée d’Orsay Notes on Urban Landscapes in Chicago

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Alexandra Morrison, of Yale, working in the reserves of the Musée d’Orsay Cédric Réolon at Chicago Botanic Garden and one of Cédric’s sketches

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—2017 Grants

20 Grants in 2017$1 Million Awarded

Abbaye de Longues (Calvados) $35,000 goal—Boston & Northern California Chapters

Château de Bonnemare (Eure) $20,000—Paris Chapter

Château de la Ferté St Aubin (Loiret) $35,000 goal—Paris Chapter

MET (NYC) Visitors to Versailles exhibition $100,000—Danny Kaye & Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation

Château de Versigny (Oise) $20,000—Dallas & Northern California Chapters

Prieuré du Mont St Michel (Manche) $22,000—Marie-Sol de La Tour d’Auvergne–FHS Chapters

Venetian House, Cultural Service of the French Embassy (NYC) $25,000—Danny Kaye & Sylvia Fine Kaye Foundation

Abbaye du Mont St Michel (Manche)Abbaye du Mont St Michel (Manche) $168,000—Florence Gould Foundation

Château de Braux Sainte Cohiére (Marne)$10,000—Paris Chapter

Château de la Moglais (Côte d’Armor) $10,000—Atlanta Chapter

Palais de Compiègne (Oise) $80,000—Iron Mountain

Basilique de la Daurade (Toulouse) $10,000—Atlanta Chapter

Rochambeau Monument (Newport, RI) $15,000—Boston Chapter

Vernon House (Newport, RI) $13,000—New York Chapter

Château de Chaumont Laguiche (Saône & Loire) $10,000—New York Chapter

Château de Montréal (Dordogne) $20,000—Atlanta & New York Chapters

Orangerie de Bagatelle (Paris) $75,000 in memory of Simone Monneron

Chapelle des Jésuites de St Omer (Pas de Calais) $250,000—Florence Gould Foundation

Stanton Hall (Natchez, MS) $20,000—Atlanta & Louisiana Chapters

St Bartholomew’s Church (NYC) $15,000—French Heritage Society

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Isabelle de Laroullière, Grants & Awards Chairman, and assisted by Sarah de Lencquesaing, have seen their share of dusty construction sites and have enthusiastically scaled imposing scaffolding to get a closer look. They are especially proud that to celebrate its 35th Anniversary this year, French Heritage Society will award $1 mil-lion for 19 restoration and cultural grants (14 in the U.S. and 6 in France). Thanks to its generous partners, donors and network of dynamic Chapters across the U.S. and in Paris, nearly $900,000 has been raised so far. This promises to be a banner year for giving for the association as FHS continues to make its mark on the historic preservation landscape both on French and American soil.

FHS’ unique position, not being linked to any one historic building or cultural institution, has allowed it to cover every corner of France, and many places in the U.S., in search of often overlooked architec-tural gems in need of rescue and restoration, giving them a chance to regain new purpose and lost luster. For the past 35 years, FHS has supported the historic architectural and cultural heritage in France, and French-inspired heritage in the U.S. from village churches, im-posing châteaux and enchanting gardens, to Creole plantations and French colonial settlements and fortresses. The list is long, with more than 550 restoration grants totaling $19.5 million (including match-ing funds) – and each one has a unique history, its memory inscribed in stone, brick and plaster.

$1 Million in Grants Caps 35th Anniversary Celebration

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Pierre-Antoine Gatier, Chief Architect for Historic Monuments, Sarah de Lencquesaing, Isabelle de Laroullière and Christiane Dressen visit the worksite at the Jesuit Chapelle of Saint-Omer, recipient of a FHS grant of $250,000

with the generous support of The Florence Gould Foundation

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When you think of the French monarchy, the palaces of Versailles and Fontainebleau immediately bring forth images of pageantry and opulance. But another palace, Compiègne, should be added to that illustrious list. As one of three seats of royal government, the Palais de Compiègne was a royal residence built for Louis XV and then an Imperial residence restored by Napoleon.

In 1750, prominent architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel proposed a thorough renovation of the château, creating a Neoclassical palace that covers 5 acres. Entirely renovated by Napoleon I, the Palace hosts Europe’s most important furnished imperial apartments and is an example of First French Empire style (1808-1810), though some traces of the earlier décor survived. The writer Auguste Luchet remarked that “Compiègne speaks of Napoleon as Versailles does of Louis XIV.”

From 1856 on, Emperor Napoleon IIII and Empress Eugénie made Compiègne their autumn residence, redecorating rooms in the Second Empire style. During their celebrated “Séries”, they hosted prominent guests from the worlds of politics, the arts and sciences. They were entertained by hunts, excursions, balls, concerts and plays. To receive their guests nearly 200 lodgings and a library were put in place.

Compiègne’s Two LibrariesNapoleon I and Napoleon III both contributed to the develop-ment of the two palace libraries. Napoleon I turned the Emperor’s Library into a lavish room reserved for his private use. The Emperor’s Guests Library was rehabilitated by Napoleon III. Its 22,000 volumes were scattered among many libraries during the 1890s, leaving its shelves empty to this day. The restoration of the Guests Library will include structural restoration, the painted décor and putting in electricity. Furnishings will be restored and a digital library created. The Palace is implementing restitution policies that will allow some of the books to be returned to their shelves. After restoration, the Guests Library will be open to the public, to schools and for workshops.

A Digital Library Setting up a digital library offers numerous opportunities and broad accessibility to allow the public to experience the Second Empire’s tastes, to reconstruct history as well as to connect literature, music, and art history to Compiegne’s own history.

An example is the importance of Egypt in the Palace’s libraries. In 1798, Bonaparte followed in the footsteps of great conquerors like Alexander the Great and Caesar by invading the Nile Valley.

Palais de CompiègneBringing a Library and an Epoque Back to Life

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The Emperor’s Guests Library is devoid of its former 22,000 volume collection and is in need of restoration Watercolor sketchbook of Empress Eugénie’s trip to inaugurate the Suez Canal in 1869

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The Emperor encouraged scholars to study the history and writ-ings of Egypt at the time of the pharaohs. The libraries’ collections attests to the Egyptian inf luence that marked the reigns of both Napoleon I (Egypt Expedition) and Napoleon III (Suez Canal). One could then borrow Théophile Gautier’s Mummy Novel or peruse Champollion’s Letters from Egypt in the Guests Library. For the official Suez Canal inauguration in 1869, Empress Eugénie was sent as the Empire’s representative. The Palace preserves memo-ries of the sovereign’s journey in an album of watercolors. After a stay in Constantinople, she arrived in Alexandria, reached Cairo, and descended the Nile Valley to inaugurate the Suez Canal. After hosting the Empress at the foot of the pyramids, the Vice-King of Egypt commissioned an opera from Verdi: Aïda, whose libretto was written by Egyptologist Edouard Mariette. Prior to that, Verdi had been invited to one of the well-known Séries de Compiègne.

French Heritage Society is pleased to have the support of Iron Mountain Incorporated for its $80,000 grant to restore the Emperor’s Guests Library. “Preservation and protection are at the core of everything we do for our customers as part of our commit-ment to serving as the trusted guardians of their most precious assets,” said Arnaud Revert, managing director, Iron Mountain France. “Beyond that, we’ve established our Living Legacy Initiative to extend that commitment into the communities where we work and live every day, focusing on the protection and shar-ing of information and artifacts that are unknown, at-risk or not widely accessible so that current, and future generations are able to learn and benefit from it. We’re pleased to support French Heritage Society in our first international partnership to preserve the Palace of Compiegne’s Emperor’s Guests Library, located just 12 kilome-ters from one of our state of the art facilities.”

From top to bottom: Setting up a digital library; the Emperor’s Library

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—Planned Giving

Define your legacy through French Heritage Society. At the heart of our charitable mission is a belief that the most enduring expression of a culture is the preservation of its highest achievements. Thus, French Heritage Society exists to ensure that French cultural treasures in the United States and France survive and continue to inspire future generations. To commemorate our 35th anniversary, we are pleased to announce the launch of our Planned Giving Program and invite you to consider a legacy gift in your estate plan. Your support of our Planned Giving Program will ensure that our organization maintains its crucial role in promoting our shared beliefs and charitable mission in the United States and France for years to come.

Consider French Heritage Society in your estate plan. A bequest to French Heritage Society in your estate plan can support our chari-table mission and enshrine your philanthropic legacy. When structured properly, charitable contributions can also provide donors with significant tax benefits, some extending beyond the gift year. Though there are many creative ways to provide for charity, a simple bequest in a will or designation on a beneficiary form may often suffice.

Please contact our New York office at 212-759-6846 to learn more or to obtain sample bequest language to include in your estate plan. If you have already named FHS as a beneficiary of your estate, please let us know so that we may welcome you into our Legacy Society. Requests for anonymity will be honored.

Preserving our historic treasures to inspire future generations

Make a gift in your willCharitable bequests through a will or trust are among the easiest ways to make significant future gifts to the individuals and charities that matter the most. We hope that you will consider FHS in your estate plan.

Name FHS as a beneficiary of an accountRetirement accounts, life insurance policies, and other investment accounts can be dedicated to charity through beneficiary designa-tion forms. Due to special tax considerations, these assets could make an excellent choice for funding a charitable gift.

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Like A Château Rising to the SkyThe Pierre’s French Roots

Characterized by its simplicity and refinement, The Pierre is a landmark on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The iconic U.S. f lagship of the Taj reopened its doors after an impressive reno-vation a decade ago.

Since its inception, New York’s ever-changing culture has left a unique imprint on the history of this luxurious five-star hotel with deep French roots. Inaugurated with great fanfare in 1930, at a cost of $15 million (approximately $220 million today) The Pierre fast became the toast of New York, “a mon-ument of beauty and one of the most majestic structures in the whole city.”

Its founder, Corsican-born Charles Pierre Casalasco, worked as a pageboy at the redoubtable Hôtel Anglais in Monte Carlo, owned by his father. There he rubbed shoulders with Russian grand dukes and European royalty. When Pierre sailed into New York as a 25-year-old immigrant, he immediately made his mark as first assistant at the fashionable Sherry’s. There he became acquainted with the inf luential elite, including J.P. Morgan, the Astors and the Vanderbilts. Backed by Wall Street financiers, Pierre open the opulent 714-room Pierre Hotel, on a prime site commanding unrestricted views of Central Park. The new hotel was Georgian in design, capped with a tall tower of gleaming copper, inspired by a French château. A gala dinner marked the official grand opening. New Yorkers were impressed, and the top tier of society turned out to savor an elaborate menu prepared by 85-year-old August Escoffier,

France’s preeminent chef in the early part of the 20th century. This “father of French cuisine” served as guest chef at The Pierre in its early years.

Escoffier, born near Nice on the French Riviera, codified the recipes for the five mother sauces and created many famous dishes: pêche Melba and Melba toast in honor of the Australian singer Nellie Melba, fraises à la Sarah Bernhardt (strawberries with pineapple and Curaçao sorbet), baisers de Vierge (me-ringue with vanilla cream and crystallized white rose and vio-let petals) and suprêmes de volailles Jeannette (jellied chicken breasts with foie gras).

Referred to by the French press as “roi des cuisiniers et cuisinier des rois” (“king of chefs and chef of kings”), Escoffier published Le Guide Culinaire, which is still a major reference work, both as a cookbook and a textbook on cooking. Escoffier’s recipes, techniques and approaches to kitchen management have been adopted by chefs and restaurants throughout the world. He cre-ated a more structured and streamlined approach to the restau-rant kitchen: the celebrated Brigade de Cuisine, a hierarchy for all the positions in the kitchen (Chef de Cuisine, Sous Chef de Cuisine, Chef de Partie, Cuisinier, Commis, Apprentice). In honor of the chef’s refined taste and its history, The Pierre features a luxurious two-bedroom Escoffier Suite.

The Pierre is pleased to offer preferred rates to FHS members.

French-inspired rooftop of The Pierre overlooking Central Park Chef Auguste Escoffier (seated) with his staff

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The inaugural French Heritage Literary Award of the New York Chapter was held on May 18th at the Colony Club. A cocktail was given by FHS Chairman Elizabeth Stribling and New York Chapter Co-Chairman Guy N. Robinson at their home the previous evening. The winner, “The Other Paris” by the talented Luc Sante of Bard College, was one of five short-listed works.

The distinguished jury was comprised of Laura Auricchio, Professor of Art History at Parsons School of Design; Tom Bishop, Florence Lacaze Gould Professor of French Literature and the Director of the Center for French Civilization and Culture at NYU; Robert Couturier, ac-claimed interior designer; Anne Poulet, Director Emerita of The Frick Collection; and Elaine Sciolino, contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times.

Clockwise from top left:Denis de Kergorlay, FHS President, Elizabeth Stribling, FHS Chairman, author Luc Sante; Luc Sante, Elaine Sciolino, Elizabeth Stribling; Elaine Sciolino, Jennifer Herlein, FHS Executive Director; Luc Sante, New York Chapter Co-Chairmen Odile de Schiétère-Longchampt and Guy N. Robinson, Denis de Kergorlay

—Past Chapter Events

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On June 7th, the Young Friends Circle Paris was welcomed by Guillaume Féau to visit the Paris showroom of Féau & Cie, which has supplied museums, billionaires, architects and designers with period paneling since 1875. The Getty Museum in L.A. has a Ledoux room that was in Féau’s inventory in the 1930s. Féau recently sold a 1925 Ruhlmann room once owned by the press mogul Viscount Rothermere to the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Today, Féau has more than 100 carvers, painters and gilders at 30 sites around the world.

Clockwise from top left: Béryl Moizard, Anne Faguer, Emile-Armand Benoit and others with Guillaume Féau; Aude Evrard, Emile-Armand Benoit, Béryl Moizard, Charlène Parry, Jackson Giuiricich; Féau’s Paris showroom; Emile-Armand Benoit, Anne Faguer

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Young Friends Circle Paris

On June 15th, world-class landscape designer Christian Duvernois showed the Young Friends Circle New York three gardens that he designed: a West Village Co-Op with a breath-taking view of the city; Skyline Arboretum, inspired by the owner’s origins in the French Alps; and Ladurée’s new SoHo location with a garden with an orchard of cherry trees, formal French trellising, and an antique fountain. The tour ended with a glass of Taittinger champagne.

Clockwise from top left: A stunning marble fountain at Casanova Gardens, de-signed by Christian Duvernois Landscape Studio; Romain Jouffre, Victoire de Vaugelas, François-Xavier Blaudin de Thé, Eléonore Hachette, Margaux de Jenlis; Ian McCullo, Pierre-Eloi Milcent-Baudoin; Elizabeth Hartnett,YFC Co-Chair, Maz Zouhairi, President and CEO, Lalique North America, and Victoire de Vaugelas, YFC Co-Chair

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Young Friends Circle New York

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—Past Chapter Events

Boston and Dallas

BostonOn July 17th, the Boston Chapter held a luncheon and visit of Bellevue House in Newport, RI., hosted by FHS Board Member Ronald Lee Fleming, under the patronage of The Honorable Valéry Freland, Consul Général de France in Boston, and Monsieur Laurent Colomines. Bellevue House was built in 1910 by the celebrated architect Ogden Codman Jr. and features one of the most beautiful private gardens in Newport.

DallasDallas Chapter Chairman Carol Hall organizes a number of events each year, such as the spring Gala, which raise funds for grants supported by the chapter.

Clockwise from top left: Boston: In front of the Rochambeau statue in Newport, Consul General de France in Boston Valéry Freland, Dr. Francis de Marneffe, François Bardonnet and Laurent Colomines. The Boston Chapter awarded a grant this year of $15,000 for the restoration of the Pyramid section of The Rochambeau Monument; Speaker Michael Adams, next to host Ronald Lee Fleming (center), Consul General de France in Boston Valéry Freland and members of the Boston Chapter; Garden at Bellevue House

Dallas: Versigny: In 2017 the Dallas and Northern California Chapters awarded a grant of $20,000 for the restoration of the Château de Versigny (Oise); Carol Hall, Dallas Chapter Chairman

Atlanta

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On June 6th, the Atlanta Chapter hosted a presentation in partnership with the Saint-Omer Foundation. François Decoster, Mayor of Saint-Omer, told the story of the Carroll family who attend the prestigious college of the Jesuits of Saint-Omer. Charles Carroll went on to become a U.S. Senator in Maryland and a signer of the Declaration of Independence; Daniel Carroll was a signer of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution; John Carroll was the first American Catholic bishop and a founder of Georgetown University.

Clockwise from top left: Consul General Louis de Corail, Edouard de Lencquesaing, Suzy Wasserman, Leslie Petter, François Decoster, Mayor of Saint-Omer and Vice President du Conseil Regional des Hauts-de-France; Detail of the Jesuit Chapel of Saint-Omer which received a FHS grant of $250,000 with the support of the Florence Gould Foundation; Carolyn O’Neil, Tom Saltino, Emily Saltino; Steve Wasserman, Sarah and Edouard de Lencquesaing; Jean Astrop, Doug Astrop, Anna Henson, Barbara Guillaume, Nancy Stone

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In honor of FHS’ 35th Anniversary Celebration this fall, on May 2nd, John Whitehead, historian, art dealer, and author of books on ceramics, porcelain, and decorative arts gave a lecture in New Orleans, “Palais de Compiègne: From Louis XV’s Reconstruction to Empress Eugénie’s Parties.”

Clockwise from top left: Stanton Hall in Natchez, MS received a restoration grant of $20,000 from the Louisiana and Atlanta Chapters; Sarah de Lencquesaing and Walter Wolf; Peter Patout and guest; Jennifer Herlein and Rick Normand

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Louisiana

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Paris

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Clockwise from top left: Laurence Laurentin, Laure-Isabelle Mellerio, Laurent Mellerio, PDG, Astrid Stanfield-Pinel, Laurence de La Ville-Baugé, Dominique Biarnès; Paris Chapter members in front of a Japanese cherry tree, and plaque hon-oring the Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship. From left, Florence Jeanjean, RMHP di-rector, Myriam Toledano of ENSBA (in the back to the right of the plaque), Ippolita Romeo (with the hat); Our host, Jean de Foucaud f lanked by Carole Meininger, Dominique Sahut, Marie- Thérèse Lepage, Anne-Martine Ducreux-Picon, Anne Carminati; Bénédicte de Foucaud, our hostess, with the group; Ariane Sauvage, Isabelle de Laroullière

An exceptional afternoon on Nov. 29th, 2016, organized by the Maison Mellerio included the “Spectacular Second Empire” exhibi-tion at the Musée d’Orsay, followed by an exclusive visit of Mellerio, hosted by CEO Laurent Mellerio and his wife, Laure-Isabelle, who showed their collection of contemporary jewelry before offering us a glass of champagne.

We were welcomed at the National School of Fine Arts of Paris (ENSBA) by the Directeur Jean-Marc Bustamante and Luc Liogier, Directeur of the National School of Architecture Paris-Malaquais. We visited « La cour du Mûrier » with François Chatillon, Chief Architect of Historic Monuments, in charge of the restoration, and Ippolita Romeo, whose team is restoring the decorative elements.

The Paris Chapter’s galette des rois on Jan. 9th, 2017, was held this year in the elegant library of the former residence of the Duke of Morny at the Hotel La Reserve Paris.

On June 1st, the Paris Chapter enjoyed an exceptional reception by Jean and Bénédicte de Foucaud at the Château de Sourches. After visiting the château with Jean, and enjoying a refined gourmet lunch, Bénédicte showed the group their conservatory for peonies. Unique in the world, it includes 1,900 species, and strives to con-serve as well as search for species and ancient and modern varieties.

New YorkOn June 5th, the New York Chapter hosted a presentation in partnership with the Saint-Omer Foundation. François Decoster, Mayor of Saint-Omer, told story of Charles Carroll and his cousins, Daniel and John Carroll who attend the pres-tigious college of the Jesuits of Saint-Omer. They each went on to play a key role in the political and constitutional foundations of America. FHS awarded a grant of $250,000 with the support of the Florence Gould Foundation for the resto-ration of the chapel of the Jesuits in Saint-Omer and Chief Architect for Historic Monuments Pierre-Antoine Gatier, in charge of the restoration, was also present.

Northern CaliforniaMembers of the Northern California Chapter, including Chairman Dori Bonn, attended San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s official flag raising ceremony for Bastille Day. After the official ceremony, additional invited guests stood on the mezza-nine to hear the Monaco Boys Choir sing the national anthems and several songs to pay tribute to France and Franco-American friendship. It wasn’t until 1880 that France officially chose July 14 as a national holiday to honor the French Republic. That was 91 years after Parisians stormed the Bastille Prison, a turn-ing point in the French Revolution. In support of the Republic, San Francisco’s French community also celebrated La Fête Nationale in 1880, and has continued with large and small celebrations throughout the years.

Clockwise from top left: New York: Pierre-Antoine Gatier, Chief Architect for Historic Monuments, guest, Odile de Schiétère-Longchampt, Co-Chairman of the New York Chapter, François Decoster, Mayor of Saint-Omer and friend; Gaëtan Vandenbussche, Jennifer Herlein, FHS Executive Director and guest; The Chapel of the Jesuits in Saint-Omer under restoration

Northern California: Official f lag raising ceremony for Bastille Day at San Francisco City Hall; Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, Consul General of France in San Francisco, Dr. Jean-Jacques Vitrac, Dori Bonn, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee; The French tri-color waves proudly over City Hall

New York and Northern California

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French Heritage Society’s Philadelphia Chapter celebrated Bastille Day 2017 at the Philadelphia Cricket Club with a party featuring live music, fine wine, and French Gypsy Jazz with Phyllis Chapell and Baird Standish. The Philadelphia Chapter organizes a variety of cultural and social events for its members throughout the year in order to raise funds for restorations projects that it supports.

From left to right: Julia Ward, Philadelphia Chapter Chairman, with husband Chris, Leonardo Politzi, Dylan Ward, Harry Surer and Laurenson Ward; Chris Ward and Suzanne and John Shook

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On April 12th, the Southern California Chapter presented “17th Century Paris: The First Great Walking City.” Guest Speaker Joan DeJean explored some of the innovations – from bridges to boulevards – essential to Paris’ transformation. This was part of its joint “2017 Classical Lecture Series, A Year of Enlightenment: The French Influence in Design and Style”, in partnership with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.

From left to right: Danielle Haskell, Joan DeJean, Eric Haskell, who will speak at the fall lecture, Edie Frère, Southern California Chapter Chairman; Edie Frère, Sondra Browning Ott; ICAA Southern California Chapter Chairman Doc Williamson with speaker Joan Dejean

—Past Chapter Events

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