#sevres

"In 1758 the Sèvres porcelain manufactory introduced this shape, designed to be mounted onto a small table. The manufactory named the form, described in the Sèvres archives as a plateau de Courteille ou de chiffonière, after the marquis de Courteille, one of Louis XV's financiers, who represented the king's interest at Sèvres from 1751.

The Sèvres artist Charles-Nicolas Dodin copied the scene from a painting by François Boucher onto the plaque. The original painting was set into wood paneling above a door in an important Parisian townhouse, the Hôtel de Soubise. It became one of Boucher's most popular scenes in the 1700s, known through many prints that circulated widely throughout Europe."

Date: 1762

Medium: Soft paste porcelain, with a pink ground, polychrome enamel decoration and gilding

Dimensions: Object: 2.5 × 34.3 × 24.5 cm (1 × 13 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)

Place: Sèvres, France; Paris, France (Place Created)