Plate ordered by King Louis XVI (from the Arabesque Service)
Manufacture nationale de Sèvres · 1785 · Art Institute of Chicago
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The French royal porcelain manufactory at Sèvres, outside Paris, drew nobility, royalty, and other wealthy patrons from across Europe with the rich colors and lavish gilding of its fashionable wares. This dish is part of a much larger dinner service commissioned from the factory. Unequivocal statements of luxury and sophistication, these services epitomize the prestige of French design in Europe during the 1700s.
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- Maker
- Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (1756–present), Designed by Louis Le Masson (French, 1743–1829), Painted by Jacques Fontaine (French, active 1752–1800), Gilded by Louis-Francois L'Ecot (French, active 1761–64, 1772–1800), Sèvres, France
- Date
- 1785
- Medium
- Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
- Dimensions
- 2.4 × 23.9 cm (15/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
- Place of origin
- France
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · On view · Galleries 231-233
- Credit line
- Gift of The Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust through The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago
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