Japanese art on a plate: an unknown masterpiece of French ceramic design: Gabriel P. Weisberg unveils a major discovery: a dinner service commissioned by the jeweller Frederic Boucheron from Eugene Rousseau in 1873. Painted by Henri Lambert, this extraordinary work vividly demonstrates the impact of Japanese art on French designers. From: Apollo | Date: September 1, 2006| Author: Weisberg, Gabriel P. | COPYRIGHT 2006 Apollo Magazine Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

At the Paris World's Fair of 1867 there was immense interest in a ceramic service decorated by Felix Bracquemond for Eugene Rousseau. (1) It was considered to be revolutionary in the evolution of dinner-service decoration, as it was not only the first in France in which Japanese motifs were used, it was also the first to break from traditional schemes of plate decoration. (2) It at once became the touchstone by which other decorators using Japanese motifs were judged, and remained ...

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