SUCRIER A CAFÉ
Medium
Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-404-17
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Henri Sallembier’s 1805 print *Sucrier à Café* captures a refined moment in French decorative arts during the Napoleonic era. As a French artist active from the late eighteenth into the nineteenth century, Sallemb worked at a time when printmaking served both as an accessible art form and a means to disseminate designs for everyday luxury objects. This work, classified simply as a print in the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s collection, likely represents a sugar bowl intended for the growing ritual of coffee drinking that had become fashionable across Europe. Acquired through the museum’s A...