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Clochettes (Bells) and Mauves Covered Jar

1931
designer

Henri Rapin

(French, 1873–1939)
decorator

Agnes Moreau-Jouin

(French, active 1922–36)
maker

Sèvres Porcelain Factory

(French, est. 1756)
France, Sèvres
porcelain
Diameter: 37.8 cm (14 7/8 in.); Overall: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1987.196
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Despite its removable cover and form in the shape of a storage jar, this work was designed to be purely decorative and not functional at all.

Description

In addition to a variety of useful wares for the table, the Sèvres factory continued to produce artistic works for its many wealthy clients using abstracted patterns and a colorful palette.
  • Hawley, Henry. “A Sèvres Covered Jar in the Art Deco Style.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 75, no. 4 (April 1988): 112–115. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 112-115 www.jstor.org
    Coffin, Sarah D., and Stephen Harrison. The Jazz Age: American style in the 1920s. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2017. Reproduced: fig. 83, p. 55
  • The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (April 7-August 20, 2017); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 30, 2017-January 14, 2018).
    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY (4/7/2017 - 8/20/2017) and The Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (9/30/2017 - 1/14/2018): "The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s"
    The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988).
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.196