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Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Lys (Lillies) from the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Flower Cultivation Service)
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jean Charles Develly and company: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 1821–24 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is pen and brown, black ink, brush and wash, white gouache, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Flowers were the main subject of the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Cultivation of Flowers Service) designed by Jean-Charles Develly. These drawings show the plans for the central roundels of the plates that featured the growing of lilies and anemones ("A Royal Gift: The 1826 Porcelain Jewel Cabinet," May 17, 1994 - January 22, 1995).
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of James Amster.
Its dimensions are
10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.), diameter
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and blue ink on mount, lower center: Les Lys; in graphite by later hand: culture des fleurs
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Lys (Lillies) from the Service de la Culture des Fleurs (Flower Cultivation Service); Company: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (France); Designed by Jean Charles Develly (French, 1783 - 1849); France; pen and brown, black ink, brush and wash, white gouache, graphite on tan paper mounted on blue-gray paper; 10.7 cm (4 3/16 in.), diameter; Museum purchase through gift of James Amster; 1989-13-1
