Curtis_O_Baer_2010

30. Jean Pillement French, 1728 – 1808

Decorative Design (recto and verso)

Ink and color wash 6 3 ⁄ 4 x 9 1 ⁄ 2

inches ( 17 . 2 x 24 . 1 cm)

provenance Collection Curtis O. Baer

exhibition Atlanta, 1985 , cat. no. 158 , p. 191

Pillement’s illustrations are a mixture of fantastic birds, flora & fauna, large human figures and chinoiserie. His designs were used by engravers and decorators on porcelain and pottery, as well as textiles, wallpaper and silver. Pillement had discovered in 1764 a new method of printing on silk with fast colors. One of his prime vehicles was the single print marketed independently of an album.

Drawings which are related to the Baer sheet are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Allen Memorial Art Museum.