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| Design for a Dessert Plate Jean-Charles Develly, 1828 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This design of pencil, ink and brown wash by Jean-Charles Develly was made in 1828 for the decoration of one of the plates intended to be added to a dessert service known as the Service des Arts Industriels which was made at the Royal Porcelain Manufactury of Sèvres France between 1820 and 1835.
The drawing shows the interior of a hat-works and depicts men in a workshop steaming, shaping and ironing top hats. Finished examples are displayed on a shelf above. The design is typically known as “La Chapellerie.” The entire porcelain service was meant to illustrate, in an attractive and picturesque way, the progress of technology and its application to different crafts. It would be the equivalent of a dish decorated with a designer using an iPhone now.
King Louis-Philippe famously bought the service and gave it to Prince von Metternich in May of 1836.
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