Exhibition labels & didactics - National Gallery of Victoria
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Charles-Eloi ASSELIN<br />
French 1743–1804<br />
Design and decoration for a cup and<br />
saucer, called Conical cup with two<br />
handles<br />
Éléments décoratifs, Tasse et soucoupe,<br />
appelé Tasse Conique à deux anses<br />
1802<br />
watercolour and pen and ink<br />
Sèvres Cité de la Céramique, Paris inv. 2011.3.1097<br />
MANUFACTURE DE SÈVRES manufacturer<br />
France est. 1756<br />
Etruscan-style cup and saucer<br />
Tasse à pied, figure étrusque et soucoupe<br />
1793–95<br />
porcelain (hard-paste)<br />
Musée Carnavalet – Histoire de Paris, France inv. C 1912<br />
Emerging on the eve <strong>of</strong> the Revolution, the<br />
Etruscan style became the leading fashion<br />
during the Directory period. In contrast<br />
to the earlier phase <strong>of</strong> Neoclassicism,<br />
influenced by the public grandeur <strong>of</strong> Roman<br />
architecture, the Etruscan style embodied<br />
a more domestic aesthetic. The term<br />
‘Etruscan’ was a mistaken reference to a<br />
largely ancient Greek style (Greek vases<br />
having been found in Etruria). The style also<br />
incorporates influences from the Roman<br />
interiors and objects discovered at Pompeii<br />
and Herculaneum.<br />
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