Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Pièces Montées (Tiered Cakes) for 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 blue-gray paper, Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a hallway at the top of stairs, at right. Two male figures are carrying up the stairs large tiered cakes; one in the form of a windmill, the other in the form of a planted jardiniere. A third cake in the form of a medieval chapel including sculptural niches, has fallen to the floor, center middleground. Two children, in the left foreground; one picks up the pieces, the other points his finger in the direction of a horrified man. This man and a woman, rear center, express their dismay. Through a doorway, rear center, people are seated at a table., France, 1819–20, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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Design, Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Pièces Montées, Tiered Cakes, 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, blue-gray paper, Design, painted porcelain plate, rondel, Scene, hallway, top, stairs, right, Two male figures, carrying up, stairs large tiered cakes, form, windmill, form, planted jardiniere, third cake, form, medieval chapel, sculptural niches, fallen, floor, center middleground, Two children, left foreground, picks up, pieces, points, finger, direction, horrified man, man, woman, rear center, express, dismay, doorway, rear center, people, seated, table, France, 1819–20, ceramics, Drawing, Drawing
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