About This Artwork

Vincennes-Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
French, founded 1740
Jacques Fontaine (painted by)
French, 1734/35-1807, active 1752-1800
Louis-Francois L'Ecot (gilded by)
French, active 1761-1764 and 1772-1800

Plate from the Arabesque Service, 1785

Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, gilding
Diameter: 25.7 cm (10 1/8 in.)
Gift of The Lester B. Knight Charitable Trust through The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000.102