Tea tray (Plateau)

Pierre Brebiette

ca. 1725 · Faience (tin-glazed earthenware) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Tea tray (Plateau) — Pierre Brebiette

The central parade of child musicians is adapted from engravings by Pierre Brébiette (1598–1650). The black and yellow of the ground evoke the ebony, brass, and tortoiseshell marquetry furniture of André Charles Boulle (1642–1732) and his successors.

Artist
Pierre Brebiette
Date
ca. 1725
Medium
Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
Culture
French, Rouen
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
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