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Plate Petites vues de France
€4,500.00
VAT included
Flat plate from the Petites Vues de France service, with an agate blue background and a frieze of palmettes typical of the 1830s in 24-carat gold. The centre of the plate is decorated with a freehand painting of the former Manufacture de Sèvres.
An art object made entirely by hand by our craftsmen in the Manufacture's workshops. Nuances and variations may appear from one piece to the next, making each one almost unique.
The production of the Petites Vues de France (Small Glimpses of France) service began in 1832. Its design was created in the early 19th century under the administration of Alexandre Brongniart. The decoration of the basin was commissioned by King Louis-Philippe for the Tuileries Palace.
The service follows the same decorative principle as the other view services: a real painting occupies the centre of the plate. A multitude of sites were chosen from all the departments of France and the service continued to evolve over time. The decorations were based on paintings, gouaches, watercolours and engravings.
Used by Napoleon III at the Élysée Palace, then the residence for sovereigns and foreign ambassadors, it still serves as a ceremonial service for the Presidency of the Republic.
Landscape and vista services represented a significant part of the Manufacture's production under Alexandre Brongniart, who was director from 1800 to 1847. Brongniart was concerned with topographical accuracy in representation. He therefore sent painters on missions to make sketches or requested various plates and drawings, and had Baron Isidore Taylor's Voyages pittoresques et romantiques de l'ancienne France (Picturesque and Romantic Journeys through Old France), the first volume of which was published in 1820, delivered to the Manufacture. From then on, these services multiplied: the Departments service (1824-1832), the Petites Vues de France service, and the Rivers service in 1846.
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