untitled (chinoiserie design)

Anne Allen, artist

late 1700s

Jean-Baptist Pillement, artist

1728–1808

untitled (chinoiserie design), circa 1796

Where object was made: France

Material/technique: etching; laid paper; à la poupée

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 195 x 139 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 261 x 225 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 10 1/4 x 8 7/8 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Lucy Shaw Schultz Fund

Accession number: 1992.0157

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Archive Label 2003 (version 1): Capitalizing on the eighteenth-century vogue for imported Chinese wares, French artist Jean-Baptiste Pillement created numerous chinoiserie designs that inspired artisans throughout Europe. Among the most delightful of these drawings reproduced as prints are forty-five etchings by Pillement’s wife, Anne Allen, an artist of whom little is known. Allen’s etching, which was printed from two plates inked in several colors and then printed on a heavy white paper, gives an airy and sprightly rendering of Pillement’s design. Archive Label 2003 (version 2): Capitalizing on the eighteenth-century vogue for imported Chinese wares, French artist Jean-Baptiste Pillement created numerous chinoiserie designs that inspired artisans throughout Europe. Among the most delightful of these drawings reproduced as prints are forty-five etchings by Pillement’s wife, Anne Allen, an artist of whom little is known. Allen’s etching, which was printed from two plates inked in several colors and then printed on a heavy white paper, gives an airy and sprightly rendering of Pillement’s design.