Manufactures nationales – Sèvres & Mobilier national

Logo National Manufacturers

Coming from the meeting of National Mobilier and the Cité de la Céramique – Sèvres & Limoges, the national factories were created on January 1, 2025 to promote the excellence of French know-how and highlight the richness of this material heritage and Intangible with more than 53 art professions practiced in its factories and workshops. Unique in the world, this new public center dedicated to decorative arts, crafts and design combines heritage and creation to play a central role in the implementation of the national strategy in favor of arts and crafts. Its action focuses on 6 priority axes: training; The research; Creation; support for the fragile ecosystem of crafts; the enhancement of heritage; The international influence of know-how.


Table formed dA tray imitating a pleated tablecloth
Kim Hamisky, Tablecloth, 1978, coll. National furniture © Isabelle Bideau



L’exposition du moment

Chaise en forme de main

11.06.2026 – 07.03.2027

Design in hand

A true epic of design, from industrial culture from Saint-Etienne to contemporary perspectives to the great changes of the 20th and 21st centuries, lExhibition highlights how objects, hand-to-hand, carry the memory of societies while opening new paths. 

Commissaire : Laurence Mauderli