Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Café (Coffee) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service), Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on gray-blue paper, Circular format. Six figures are grouped on the porch of a coffee plantation house in Arabia (indicated by the decorative plaque above the wall moulding. A gentleman in high hat points to a botanical book showing a drawing of the coffee plant. A man, seated at a table, appears to be holding a coffee bean pod in his right hand. To his left, a woman is pouring coffee into a cup held by a young boy. A woman, seen through the doorway (rear left) is grinding coffee beans. Another woman, seen outdoors (rear right) appears to be working at a bean roasting apparatus., France, 1819–20, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Painted Porcelain Plate, Café, Coffee, Service des Objets de Dessert, Dessert Service, Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849, Pen, brown, black ink, brush, brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite, tan paper mounted, gray-blue paper, Circular format, Six figures, grouped, porch, coffee plantation house, Arabia, indicated, decorative plaque, wall moulding, gentleman, high hat points, botanical book showing, drawing, coffee plant, man, seated, table, holding, coffee bean pod, right hand, left, woman, pouring coffee, cup held, young boy, woman, doorway, rear left, grinding coffee beans, Another woman, outdoors, rear right, working, bean roasting apparatus, France, 1819–20, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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