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Clochettes (Bells) and Mauves Jar

Clochettes (Bells) and Mauves Jar

1931
designer
(French, 1873–1939)
(French, active 1922–36)
(French, est. 1756)
Diameter: 37.8 cm (14 7/8 in.); Overall: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
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.
  • 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
  • {{cite web|title=Clochettes (Bells) and Mauves Jar|url=false|author=Henri Rapin, Agnes Moreau-Jouin, Sèvres Porcelain Factory|year=1931|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1987.196.a