{"product_id":"surtout-de-table-faience-exposition-universelle-paris-1867-gravure","title":"TABLE LINEN","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis Universal Exposition - 1867\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolychrome enamelled earthenware\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnlocated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003e© \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePFNOR, Rodolphe, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k58497163\/f56.item\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrnementation usuelle de toutes les époques dans les arts\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eindustriels et en \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003earchitecture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e [Standard ornamentation from all periods in industrial arts and architecture], Paris, E. Devienne, 1866-1867, vol. 1, p. 29.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e_\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCenterpiece of a table set\u003c\/strong\u003e in enamelled earthenware created by Auguste Jean and presented at the \u003cstrong\u003eParis Universal Exposition in 1867\u003c\/strong\u003e. Depicting a \u003cstrong\u003emermaid\u003c\/strong\u003e surrounded by reeds and supporting a \u003cstrong\u003ebasin\u003c\/strong\u003e, this work, now unlocated, is reproduced by a \u003cstrong\u003elithograph by Rodolphe Pfnor\u003c\/strong\u003e in his \u003cem\u003eOrnementation usuelle de toutes les époques dans les arts industriels et en architecture\u003c\/em\u003e. Pfnor highlights its quality: \u003cspan\u003e\"Can anything be more exquisite than this mermaid among her reeds; if it achieves, we say, this primary goal of earthenware art, the joy in the feast, it aims beyond.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe piece is also documented in the \u003cstrong\u003eMaciet albums\u003c\/strong\u003e preserved in the Archives of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (\u003cem\u003e138\/20, [Céramique. France. XIXe siècle. Artistes. D-L], 91\u003c\/em\u003e). A true three-dimensional \u003cstrong\u003esculpture\u003c\/strong\u003e, it testifies to a lesser-known aspect of Auguste Jean's production, who at the time created certain \u003cstrong\u003eexceptional pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e in collaboration with a sculptor whose identity remains unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auguste Jean","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54597168628053,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/5255\/4069\/files\/auguste-jean-faience-surtout-de-table-lithographie-album-maciet-pfnor-ornmentation-usuelle.png?v=1786440135","url":"https:\/\/augustejean.com\/en\/products\/surtout-de-table-faience-exposition-universelle-paris-1867-gravure","provider":"Auguste Jean","version":"1.0","type":"link"}