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Plate (Assiette)
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About this work
The porcelain factory of Arras was founded in 1770 with the financial backing of the County of Artois. This plate, with its striking cobalt blue on a milky-white ground, was typical of its short-lived 20 years in porcelain production. The sprigs of stylized cornflowers that decorate the center of this plate, a motif known in France as barbeaux , were popularly reproduced on porcelain during the last quarter of the 1700s.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePlate (Assiette), c. 1775–90. Arras Porcelain Factory (French). Soft-paste porcelain; diameter: 24.6 cm (9 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1962.357
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