Lac de Lugano (from the Service des vues Suisses)
All of the plates in this service were decorated with views of Switzerland; this example illustrates the lake of Lugano. The service is notable for the use of transfer printing to establish the outlines of the landscape scenes, which were then painted with polychrome enamels. Transfer printing was seldom used at Sèvres, and it appears that this service was the first in which it was employed for the primary decoration rather than just for more minor decorative motifs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Lac de Lugano (from the Service des vues Suisses)
- Manufactory: Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
- Date: 1811
- Culture: French, Sèvres
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions: Diameter: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts and The Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund, 2006
- Object Number: 2006.189
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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