A French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres and giltwood centerpiece
List: $16,500.00
A sensational French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres and giltwood centerpiece. The statue is raised by a richly detailed square giltwood base with slightly curved sides. Each side are decorated scrolled acanthus leaves below a fine... — Read More
A sensational French mid 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres and giltwood centerpiece. The statue is raised by a richly detailed square giltwood base with slightly curved sides. Each side are decorated scrolled acanthus leaves below a fine laurel band. The base supports a wonderful circular Biscuit de Sèvres garden gazebo with six fluted columns below the dome, with swaging garlands and a top decorative urn of prosperity. Inside the gazebo sits charming winged cherubs on stools. The cherubs are enjoying a repast at a central table with a basket in the center filled with fruits. The table is wonderfully decorated by swaging floral garlands. — Read Less
- Item # 10222
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H: 20.75 in L: 11.5 in D: 11.5 in
H: 53 cm L: 29 cm D: 29 cm
- France
- 19th Century
- Biscuit De Sèvres Porcelain, Giltwood
- Louis XVI st. Read More
- Sèvres Read More
It was founded through the support of King Louis XV of France and at the initiative of Madame Pompadour to be located near her Château.
Due to Sèvres’ reputation for excellence and prestige, it has always attracted some of the best artists throughout history; François Boucher, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Étienne Maurice Falconet, Alexandre Fragonard and August Rodin, just to name a few. Many of these artworks can be seen at the Louvre Museum and the Musée National de Céramique in France.
Initially, Sèvres created a soft paste porcelain know as Biscuit de Sèvres. In 1768 the Bordeaux chemist Villaris and Jean Baptiste Darnet discovered deposits of Kaolin on French soil. In 1771 the Royal Academy sent a report on the creation of hard paste porcelain at which time Sèvres began manufacturing hard paste porcelain.
Louis-Simon Boizot (1743–1809) was a French sculptor renowned for creating Biscuit de Sèvres models, and was the director at Sèvres from 1774-1800, followed by Alexandre Brogniart(1800-1847) and Henri Victor Regnault in 1854.
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