Virginie Hériot: Une navigatrice au sommet de l'Olympe. Beaux-arts objects and assemblages

objects and assemblages

These precious ceramics have always been admired and collected for their exceptional quality

whether he will know what to do with this power

in their patient research of the urban and architectural themes which they address

Virginie Hériot: Une navigatrice au sommet de l'Olympe. Beaux-arts objects and assemblagesVirginie Hriot (1890 1932) was introduced to sailing on prestigious yachts from a young age. A fierce competitor, she participated in crewed regattas throughout Europe and, in 1928, became the first French woman to win a gold medal in this discipline at the Olympic Games. This catalog, illustrated with extensive archival material, evokes the exceptional life of this ambassador of French yachting, who met an untimely death. It also describes a certain