Plate, 1791, French, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter: 9 11/16 in. (24.6 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain, One figure on rim after an engraving by Jean Pillement (French, Lyons 1728–1808 Lyons), Porcelain decorated with a black ground in imitation of Asian lacquer was produced at Sèvres for about a fifteen-year period beginning in 1790. Furniture decorated with imported black lacquer panels saw a resurgence of popularity in the last two decades of the eighteenth century, and the Sèvres factory's efforts to simulate black lacquer on porcelain were probably stimulated by this renewed general interest in lacquer decoration
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Plate, 1791, French, Sèvres, Hard-paste porcelain, Diameter, 9 11/16, 24.6 cm, Ceramics-Porcelain, One figure on rim after an engraving by Jean Pillement, Lyons, 1728–1808, Porcelain decorated, black ground, imitation, Asian lacquer, produced, fifteen-year period, 1790, Furniture, imported black, lacquer, panels, saw, resurgence, popularity, last two, decades, eighteenth century, Sèvres factory, efforts, simulate, porcelain, stimulated, renewed general, interest, lacquer decoration
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