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Sevres Porcelain Manufactory, manufacturer

Fabrication du Carton Plate, 1835

Description

Maker

Title

Fabrication du Carton Plate

Year

1835

Medium

Porcelain with enamels, gilding, and glaze

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

21.6 cm (8 1/2 inches) (diameter)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"Fabrication du Carton, Sechoirs, Entendoirs, Laminoirs"

Place

France

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gilman Angier, Mr. Alfred Morris, Jr. and Nickerson Stamp Fund

Object Number

84.021

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

European Galleries

This plate depicts men flattening and drying heavy pasteboard for the production of boxes. During the 1820s and early 1830s, Sèvres produced a dessert service illustrating workers of various industries. Pieces from this service, now extremely rare, provide valuable visual records of techniques used in a variety of trades—from creating artificial flowers and processing refined sugar to producing pastries and hats, wallpaper and tapestries. France’s last king, Louis-Philippe (reign 1830–1848), purchased the 119-piece service for presentation to the Austrian diplomat Prince von Metternich.

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