There is one other image of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the tag fish, dining, nature, bird.

See more objects with the color dimgrey or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

-0001

1990

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2017

2024

  • You found it!

Service Rousseau Plate

This is a plate. It was designed by Felix Bracquemond and made for Francois-Eugene Rousseau. It is dated 1866 and we acquired it in 1990. Its medium is glazed and hand-painted earthenware. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

The Service Rousseau is one of the earliest expressions of Japonism in French decorative arts. The decoration was inspired in part by Katsushika Hokusai’s woodcuts that Bracquemond first saw in the workshop of a Paris printer in the mid-1850s. The service was first exhibited to great acclaim at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris and shown at world’s fairs in Paris, Vienna and London in the years following its production.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Katagami, Paper Fans
  • mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin....
  • Museum purchase through gift of Norvin Hewitt Green.
  • 1946-104-3

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 2 x 24.2 cm (13/16 x 9 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

On base: in black oval stamp: "Maisons / TOY & LEVEILLÉ / RÉUNIES / 10. RUE DE LA PAIS / PARIS"; in ochre: "M"; impressed: "C [?] / 4"

Cite this object as

Service Rousseau Plate; Designed by Felix Bracquemond (France, 1833 – 1914); Made for Francois-Eugene Rousseau (1827 – 1891); France; glazed and hand-painted earthenware; H x diam.: 2 x 24.2 cm (13/16 x 9 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1990-41-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Passion for the Exotic: Japonism.

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18634729/ |title=Service Rousseau Plate |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=18 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>