Plate (assiette octogone or assiette platte) from the "Service Arabesque"
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Diameter: 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
French, Sévres
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2003
Accession Number
2003.368
Tags
About the Artist
Sèvres Manufactory|Louis Le Masson|Jean Armand Fallot · 1740–present
The Sèvres Manufactory, one of Europe's premier porcelain producers, was established in 1740 as the Manufacture de Vincennes under the patronage of Queen Marie Leszczyńska, who sought to rival Meissen and Chantilly porcelains with French soft-paste innovations. Initially a private venture, it relocated to Sèvres in 1756 in a purpose-built facility designed by architect Laurent Lindet near Madame d...