Charger

Vienna

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black monochrome decoration called Schwarzlot is a signature feature of Du Paquier porcelain. It reflects the Baroque fondness for austere, understated grandeur. On this charger, the Schwarzlot was subtly highlighted with gold, making it extraordinarily luxurious. The artist’s use of a quill pen to draw fine lines and hatchings imitates copperplate engravings. The technique is associated with Jakob Helchis, a gifted employee of the manufactory.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art