Designer:

Jean Charles Develly, French, 1783 - 1849  Search this

Company:

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, French, established 1756  Search this

Medium:

Pen and brown, black ink, brush and brown, black wash, white gouache, red crayon, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper

Dimensions:

11 cm (4 5/16 in.), diameter

Type:

ceramics

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

France

Date:

1821–24

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in garden behind a grand house, right middleground. The lady of the house, center foreground, discusses the grafting of bushes with the gardener. A small child plays, right foreground. Two figures of gardener's assistants in left middleground; one holds the sapling while the other fills dirt around its roots. An orangerie, left background, amidst trees and bushes, appears behind a low garden wall.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of James Amster

Accession Number:

1989-13-3

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq401513acc-bc61-42e2-b4cc-65f30c2c0efd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1989-13-3