Cleveland Museum of Art

Plate (Assiette)

Date

c. 1757–60

Medium

soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration

Culture

France, Chantilly, 18th century

Department

Decorative Art and Design

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This plate was originally part of a service owned by Don Filippo Infante, duke of Parma. Married to Marie Louise Élisabeth, the eldest daughter of Louis XV, the couple greatly patronized porcelain produced at the Chantilly factory. The basket weave border was a style inspired by models produced at the Vincennes-Sèvres porcelain factory which was, in turn, inspired by models produced at the Meissen factory in Germany. The hatched border of this plate was likely produced by engine-turning, a process by which clay is turned on a rotating tool to produce fluted, geometric, and diced patterns.

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