{"product_id":"sevres-green-vases-portrait-medallion-19th-century-french-chromolithograph","title":"Sèvres Green Vases, Portrait Medallion, 19th Century French Chromolithograph","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 19th-century French chromolithograph of Sèvres porcelain and painted motifs, from Édouard Garnier's celebrated study of Sèvres soft-paste porcelain. A pair of green-ground vases with flaring gilt-edged necks and flower-trimmed scrolled handles frame modeled cherubs, one reaching up with a rose and the other with grapes. Between them, a white profile portrait, thought to be Louis XV, the manufactory's royal patron, is encircled by a lush wreath of roses, morning glories, and pansies. Below sits a white cachepot with feathered pink handles and a shaped reserve of a cottage by the water, flanked by a loose bouquet and a flock of birds in flight drawn from the painters' repertoire. The Sèvres interlaced L mark is printed beside the cachepot. It is framed in gilt with a rope twist edge and a beaded inner border, and it is lovely in a library, a sitting room, or a dining room.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChromolithography was the finest color printing process of the 19th century. Each color was drawn by hand onto its own limestone block, and the sheet was pressed against every stone in turn, sometimes a dozen or more, with each impression aligned precisely over the last. Here the gold was printed in metallic ink so it catches the light as gilding would.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrigin: France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAge: Late 19th century \u003ci\u003e(Circa 1880)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium: Chromolithograph with metallic gold on paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails: Pair of Sèvres green-ground vases with modeled cherubs, profile portrait within a floral wreath, cachepot with landscape reserve, floral and bird studies, printed Sèvres mark; gilt frame with rope twist and beaded edge, glazed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: 18.5 by 13\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Good antique condition with light toning to the paper consistent with age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Célani Home","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53067723538744,"sku":null,"price":625.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/3462\/3032\/files\/FB3A9940.jpg?v=1790878472","url":"https:\/\/www.celanihome.com\/products\/sevres-green-vases-portrait-medallion-19th-century-french-chromolithograph","provider":"Célani Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}