Porcelain Designs
ca. 1825–50
Medium
Watercolor, pen and ink
Classification
Albums|Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, the Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957
Accession Number
57.615.1
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the heart of 19th-century France, a golden age of porcelain production, this album of *Porcelain Designs* (ca. 1825–50) captures the meticulous creativity of an anonymous artist. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department as part of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, these works feature delicate sketches of cups adorned with blooming flowers—timeless motifs that graced Europe's finest tableware. Rendered in watercolor, pen, and ink, the drawings served as essential blueprints for porcelain manufacturers. The precise ink lines outlined forms and patterns, while...
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...