A history and description of the old French faïence, with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France (1903) (14579411268)

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Title: A history and description of the old French faïence, with an account of the revival of faïence painting in France

Year: 1903 (1900s)

Authors: Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel, 1835-1913 Burton, William, 1863-

Subjects: Pottery Pottery

Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Cassell and Co., ltd.

Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute

Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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Qight of steps with a wrought-iron handrailled into the gardens. These were laid out in the formal styleof the period. A fountain occupied the centre; the walks andgroves were filled with a multitude of statues and faience vases.Of these latter, forty-three of exceptional size were of Neversmanufacture. This much abridged description is taken fiomthe inventory drawn up in 1763, when Chapelle retired frombusiness and leased his manufactory to Jullien, one of his bestpainters, and the sculptor Ch. S. Jacques. Jullien and Jacques remained in possession for nine years,after which Richard Glot acquired the whole property for 40,000livres. A man of superior education, of experience in business,and an artist of talent, R. Glot did not let the Sceauxmanufactory decline under his direction. Technical processeswere still improved, better painters were selected, production was))crfccted regardless of cost. It is admitted that the finestspecimens we admire in the collections were made during his

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1 SCEAUX. 125 time. The Duke de Penthievre had become the patron of theworks, and his support and influence contributed not a little tothe success of the manufacturer. Many odd pieces of therich dinner services that were made for the noble duke are stillin existence. Most of them bear the name of the chateau forwhich they were intended. They allow us to form an idea ofthe good taste and high finish with which even table ware wasexecuted. At the outbreak of the great Revolution, Glot became im-pHcated in political affairs, and during the persecution of whichhe was the object, he could give but little attention to theconduct of his business, which suffered considerably from thatneglect and from the social perturbations of the time. He thenbroke all connection with faience manufacture, and having soldhis factory to P. A. Cabaret for an annuity of 6,000 livres,he retired to Versailles, where he died in 1813. From thatmoment all artistic work was abandoned, and a once gloriousconcern went

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