Vase (Vase étrusque à rouleau)

1813

Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory (1756–present)
Model designed by Charles Percier (born France, 1764–1838)
Decoration designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brogniart (born France, 1739–1813)
Flowers and ornament painted by Gilbert Drouet (active France, 1785–1825)
Birds painted by Christophe-Ferdinand Caron (active France, 1792–1815)
Sèvres, France

The design for this monumental vase was begun around 1810 during the reign of Napoleon I, but it was not completed and released from the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory until 1814, after the emperor’s defeat and the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy. Recognizing the diplomatic potential of such a magnificent vase, King Louis XVIII presented it to the British foreign secretary, Viscount Castlereagh, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry. The gift was likely a strategic attempt by the French to gain British favor, as Castlereagh played a key role in rebalancing power in Europe during the Congress of Vienna following Napoleon’s defeat.

Status: On View, Galleries 231-233
Department: Applied Arts of Europe

Artist: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (Manufacturer)
Title: Vase (Vase étrusque à rouleau)
Place: Sèvres (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1813
Medium: Enameled and gilded hard-paste porcelain and gilded bronze
Inscriptions: Mark: Sèvres mark for 1813-1815; (in gold) 30 Mars B. T. Drouet, 1813
Dimensions: 137.2 × 83.2 cm (54 × 32 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Harold L. Stewart and Harry and Maribel G. Blum endowment funds
Reference Number: 1987.1
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Janet Kutner, “Three Eshibits Worth Trip to Crescent,” Dallas Morning News, October 29, 1986, 1–2F (ill.).
Lynn Springer Roberts, “The Londonderry Vase: A Royal Gift to Curry Favor,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 15:1 (1989): 68–81 (ill.), 88.
Ian Wardropper and Lynn Springer Roberts, European Decorative Arts in the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1991), 90 (detail), 91–92, 95 (ill.).
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Essential Guide, 4th Edition (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015), 137 (ill.).
Jean-Philippe Garric, ed., Charles Percier: Architecture and Design in an Age of Revolutions (New York: Bard Graduate Center Gallery, 2016), 190, fig. 9.3 (ill.).

Dallas, The Crescent Gallery, A Natural Selection: Paintings, Furniture, and Decorative Arts inspired by Floral Motifs, 1650–1850, organized by Deborah Gage and Philip Hewat-Jaboor, October 3–November 12, 1986.

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