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About Madeleine Deschamps

Madeleine Deschamps is an art historian specializing in the Decorative Arts and in Art Crafts, Métiers d’art, and an interior designer with specialties in high-end residences and hospitality. She has a doctorate in art history from the Sorbonne and has taught at the Sorbonne, the Ecole du Louvre, in the Master's Programs of the Smithsonian Institution and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, at New York University, the Bard Graduate Center, Parsons School of Design, and in a number of American university programs.

She has written and contributed to books on the Decorative Arts and on American art, both in France and in the United States. She published La Peinture américaine, les Mythes et la Matière and contributed to L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts in France, 1789-1989. She is also the author of Empire which was awarded the Grand Prix de la Fondation Napoléon.

Upcoming Events

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Take a culinary journey to Normandy and learn to prepare a classic salade normande followed by an elegant apple rose tart, in this hands-on cooking class taught in French.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Join us at the French Library for a conversation on The Lover by Marguerite Duras. We invite you to read the book in its entirety and meet us on October 13th, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.

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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Pascal Bonitzer takes on one of France’s most beloved characters, Inspector Maigret, portrayed by the equally legendary Denis Podalydès.

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