I will create an immersive installation in Paris, examining the immigrant experience through creation of a 178-piece dinner service recalling the Sèvres commission for the wedding breakfast of Napoléon and Habsburg archduchess Marie-Louise in 1810. While the court of Louis XIV had no need of explanation to justify its existence, Napoleon and post-Revolutionary Sèvres resorted to the powers of persuasion—retelling history on soup tureens and salad plates in order to visually reinforce their power. Despite their historical colonization, today’s immigrants feel a similar urgency to justify their presence on French soil. By contrasting the familiarity of classical Sèvres forms with the unfamiliarity of foreign design, I want to pose the question of whether France still aspires to the ideals of its revolution. The dinner service will be used for two events: one hosted by Parisian immigrants and another hosted by the city’s elite.