Art Institute of Chicago
The Peep Show, or the Magic Lantern (La Curiosité ou La Lanterne Magique)
Sèvres Porcelain ManufactoryLinkedCulture matchlcp-ee31089ce69a
- Date
- c. 1757
- Medium
- Soft-paste unglazed porcelain (biscuit)
- Culture
- Sèvres
- Department
- Applied Arts of Europe
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 17052
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Beginning in the mid-1750s, biscuit, or unglazed porcelain, replaced glazed porcelain in sculpture because fine details were sometimes obscured by glazes. In addition, the matte surface of biscuit pieces resembled marble, a medium favored in sculpture. Unglazed porcelain figures were often sold with dinner services, and, as such, they replaced fragile sugar figures, which had adorned dessert tables of the previous era.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Bustin
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- Object type
- AAT300386308
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