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Lot Essay
Emile Bourgeois and Geo. Lechevallier-Chevignard, Le Biscuit de Sèvres, Recueil de Modèles de la Manufacture de Sèvres au XVIII Siècle, Paris, p. 51, no. 587 for an illustration of The Triumph of Amphitrite, and p. 55, no. 581 for The Toilet of Venus.
Plaques of this type were recorded as being sold by the shop at Sèvres from 1791. They were generally used for the ornamention of furniture - often supplied to a marchand-mercier such as Dominique Daguerre - or inclusion in the fabric of an interior, in the English manner, such as fire-surrounds or door-cases.
Plaques of this type were recorded as being sold by the shop at Sèvres from 1791. They were generally used for the ornamention of furniture - often supplied to a marchand-mercier such as Dominique Daguerre - or inclusion in the fabric of an interior, in the English manner, such as fire-surrounds or door-cases.