Two Plates with Blue Cobblestone Décor (assiettes lapis-caillouté décor)

Two Plates with Blue Cobblestone Décor (assiettes lapis-caillouté décor)

LCSH: LCSH: Porcelain, French—18th century—Pictorial works | Porcelain, French—Private collections | Porcelain, French—Sèvres—18th century—Slide collections | Sèvres porcelain—18th century—Pictorial works | Slides (Photography)—Private collections | Fritzsche, Ulrich—Art collections—Pictorial works | Ceramic tableware—France—18th century | Plates (Tableware)—France—18th century | Gilding—France—18th century | Decoration and ornament—Plant forms—France—18th century | Flowers in art | Plants in art | Fruit in art

Getty AAT keywords: porcelain (material) | porcelain (visual works) | dinnerware | decorative plates | plates (general, dishes) | porcelain painting (image-making) | gilding-technique | flower (motif) | floral patterns | plant-derived motifs | fruit (plant components)

35mm color slide of two plates (Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory). The central well of each plate has a white ground painted with polychrome flowers and fruit; matching white reserves on the rim are painted with smaller bouquets. The pebbled décor on these plates is known as caillouté, or cobblestone. The number 40 is handwritten on the slide.

Find more details on this décor in the Fritzsche Porcelain Exhibit.

Fritzsche, Ulrich (creator of slide); D’Arms, Ted (photographer); Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (creator of object)

Seattle Art Museum Libraries

1769 (date of object)

March 1979 (date of slide)

Painter, Kirsten Blythe

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France

eighteenth century (dates CE)

slide, scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner at 3200 dpi.