Design
ca.1810 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Pierre Louis Dagoty's porcelain was characterised by the use of vivid colours and the thick application of burnished gold leaf. He borrowed from Neoclassical ornament but his designs also included Egyptian and Chinoiseries motifs.
Dagoty's elegant wares won him the patronage of Empress Joséphine. At the height of production, in 1807, he employed over a hundred workers, and exported his porcelain to Russia. After the fall of the Empire, manufacture continued under the protection of the Duchesse d'Angoulême, the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Between 1816 and 1820, Dagoty worked in partnership with François Maurice Honoré. In 1817, Dagoty and Honoré received a commission from President James Monroe of the United States for a dinner service and matching dessert service.
Dagoty's elegant wares won him the patronage of Empress Joséphine. At the height of production, in 1807, he employed over a hundred workers, and exported his porcelain to Russia. After the fall of the Empire, manufacture continued under the protection of the Duchesse d'Angoulême, the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Between 1816 and 1820, Dagoty worked in partnership with François Maurice Honoré. In 1817, Dagoty and Honoré received a commission from President James Monroe of the United States for a dinner service and matching dessert service.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil & gouache on paper. |
| Brief description | Design for a cup by Dagoty, ca.1810. |
| Physical description | Design for cylindrical cup, with maroon ground, and with rim, foot and handle lined in gold, decorated with motif of gold sunbursts and stylised flower shapes. |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | No. 21& 'D' (No.21 [below the drawing]; 'D' [in pencil, lower right].) |
| Summary | Pierre Louis Dagoty's porcelain was characterised by the use of vivid colours and the thick application of burnished gold leaf. He borrowed from Neoclassical ornament but his designs also included Egyptian and Chinoiseries motifs. Dagoty's elegant wares won him the patronage of Empress Joséphine. At the height of production, in 1807, he employed over a hundred workers, and exported his porcelain to Russia. After the fall of the Empire, manufacture continued under the protection of the Duchesse d'Angoulême, the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Between 1816 and 1820, Dagoty worked in partnership with François Maurice Honoré. In 1817, Dagoty and Honoré received a commission from President James Monroe of the United States for a dinner service and matching dessert service. |
| Bibliographic reference | Dagoty á Paris: La manufacture de porcelaine de l'impératrice, by Régine de Plinval de Guillebon (Paris: Éditions Somogy d'Art, 2006). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3235:34 |
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| Record created | June 9, 2009 |
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