PALISSY WARE Ragged & Fashion Women Figures - 1876 Philadelphia World Fair Print

Description: Print Specifics: A superb print from a series of prints depicting objects of arts and manufacture exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial International Exposition (World's Fair). Type of print: Lithograph - Original antique printYear of printing: not indicated in the print - actual 1876 Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Few very light brownish spots/areas in blank margins. Dimensions: 11.5 x 16 inches (1 inch = 2,54 cm), including blank margins (borders) around the image.Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)Reverse side: BlankNotes: 1. Green color around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed. 2. The photos show the overall view of the print and an enlarged detail. 3. Due to its dimensions, the print will be mailed in a sturdy 4" (10 cm) diameter tube. Excerpt from the original narrative: PALISSY WARE, by Barbizet & Co., Paris. Figure of 'incroyable' and 'chiffoniere' : M. Jacquemart, the well-known writer on ceramics, describing Palissy Ware, says: “It is remarkable in more ways than one; for its white paste with a yellowish gray, for its hardness, and its infusibility, equalling that of earthenware or pipe-clay. These give it a special character that distinguishes it from Italian productions, the clay of which is a dirty or dusky red; the enamel has great brilliancy; it is hard and not unfrequently wavy, in pure yellow, yellow ochre, indigo blue, gray blue, emerald green | produced from copper, yellow green, violet, brown and manganese violet; as for the white, it is somewhat dull, and cannot be compared with Lucca della Robbia Ware; wherefore the most persevering researches of Palissy, who invented all the processes which he employed in his works, aimed at the attainment of greater brilliancy. The under part of Palissy Ware is never of a uniform tone of color; it is spotted or tinted with blue, yellow and violet brown.” Palissy’s special forte was in the various shapes which he was able to give to his enamelled ware. Combining in himself much of the artistic talent of his day, he was at the same time a skillful designer and an intelligent modeler; and thus he discovered a thousand resources for the display of elegance and richness; sometimes in the multiplicity of ve/evos, and in the outline of his vases; sometimes in the mere application of color. In many of his platters and vases are seen natural objects represented with astonishing truthfulness as to form and color, nearly all being modelled from nature and grouped with perfect taste. Upon the lower surface we see the water with swimming fish, while reptiles rise gracefully amidst ferns, and frogs and lizards climb and jump. The accuracy of their attitudes, the truth of tones produced by a limited variety of color, attest the most careful observation of nature. Palissy’s reputation, however, is not dependent alone upon this somewhat eccentric style of art. His vases (specimens of which are preserved in the Louvre) bear evidence of pure taste in the introduction of all the ornamental richness of the period in which he lived. Of his larger creations in the monumental style there exists but a single fragment, in the Muscum of Sevres. Bernard Palissy died in 1589, and, as before stated, his secret was supposed to have been lost; for, although many inventors and manufacturers made attempts at its reproduction, all failed, until within the past half century, when a potter and sculptor of Paris, named Barbizet, rediscovered this great secret of making the enamel, and thus reproduced Palissy Ware as represented at the Centennial Exhibition, where thousands of curious visitors have wondered over the dishes and bowls covered with fish and reptiles in amazing variety. Barbizet has also originated many curious representations of figures, such as the “Incroyable,” a beau of Paris during the Revolution, and the ‘“Chiffoniere,” or rag-picker; two characters of such a peculiar stamp (as delineated in the plate) that they are readily individualized. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any print purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998.Five-star service.

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