As visitors strolled through a recent display of Madame de Pompadour’s coffee grinder, an 1840s Sèvres porcelain coffee set, tea canisters, sugar bowls and other European decorative arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the scent of roasted coffee beans arose in one room. Bach’s “Coffee” Cantata played in the background.
Drinking In the Art: Museums Offer a Growing Banquet for the Senses
- Posted on: April 14, 2019
- By: John Roach
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