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Plate (Assiette)

c. 1757–60
made by

Chantilly Porcelain Factory

(French)
France, Chantilly, 18th century
soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Diameter: 23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1964.503
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

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.

Description

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.
  • Eriksen, Svend, ed. Le porcellane francesi a Palazzo Pitti. Florence: Scala, 1973. p. 11-16, 126-34
    Le Duc, Geneviève. Porcelaine tendre de Chantilly au XVIIIe siècle: héritages des manufactures de Rouen, Saint-Cloud et Paris et influences sur les autres manufactures de XVIIIe siècle. Paris: Hazan, 1996. p. 250-54
  • Geometric Forms in Art. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-May 12, 1972).
    Exhib.: CMA 1965: "Year in Review 1965." Bull., LII (Nov. 1965).
    Year in Review: 1965. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27-November 14, 1965).
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