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Bowl from the Rambouillet service (Jatte écuelle)

Manufactory Sèvres Manufactory French
Modeler Model and decoration design attributed to Jean Jacques Lagrenée French
1787
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 553
One of the most celebrated services of the late eighteenth century was created for Marie-Antoinette's pleasure dairy at the château of Rambouillet. The design of the service was in the most up to date neoclassical taste, and the somewhat austere painted decoration was inspired by Greek vases. While a total of sixty-five pieces were delivered in two shipments to Rambouillet, only fifteen pieces are known today.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bowl from the Rambouillet service (Jatte écuelle)
  • Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
  • Modeler: Model and decoration design attributed to Jean Jacques Lagrenée (French, Paris 1739–1821 Paris)
  • Date: 1787
  • Culture: French, Sèvres
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 3 × 10 × 7 1/2 in. (7.6 × 25.4 × 19.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mrs. Sid R. Bass Gift, in honor of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, and Anonymous Gift, 1997
  • Object Number: 1997.518
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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