Book of Chinese designs. Based on originals from Persia, India, China, and Japan. Models by Jean-Antoine Fraisse for the Manufactures of the Duke of Bourbon, 1735.
Monelle Hayot| N° d'inventaire | 31636 |
| Format | 24 x 32.5 |
| Détails | 160 p., 100 ill. |
| Publication | Saint-Rémy-en-l'Eau, 2025 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782903824778 |
At the beginning of the 18th century century, the taste for Asian arts developed in France with imports from the East India Company; porcelain, precious fabrics, furniture and lacquer objects were common in aristocratic interiors. It was in this context that Fraisse's book was published in 1735.
Jean-Antoine Fraisse, born in Grenoble around 1680, is recorded as a master embroiderer and painter in this city until 1718. In 1729 he worked as a "canvas painter" at the Château de Chantilly in the service of Louis-Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1692-1740). In 1735 Fraisse had published in Paris with Lottin a collection of engravings entitled Book of Chinese designs, taken from originals from Persia, India, China and Japan and dedicated to the Duke of Bourbon . These folio-format intaglios included two large engravings measuring up to two and a half meters. There are thirteen copies of the work, three of which are hand-colored. According to the dedication to the prince written by Fraisse in the preface to the work, the collection reproduces the motifs from the collections of Asian art objects belonging to the Duke of Bourbon. The prince, like his contemporaries, was passionate about the taste for "lachine," he collected Chinese and Japanese porcelain, lacquer chests and rich Indian fabrics, creating lacquer furniture, Indian fabrics and porcelain in his château of Chantilly. Fraisse copied the original pieces from the prince's collection and thus offered sources of Asian inspiration and models to the porcelain and Indian makers in the service of the prince. This extremely rare work is therefore essential for discovering the taste for exoticism at the beginning of the 18th century. century. We offer here a facsimile of the copy preserved in Chantilly accompanied by a text explaining its content by Nicole Garnier.
At the beginning of the 18th century century, the taste for Asian arts developed in France with imports from the East India Company; porcelain, precious fabrics, furniture and lacquer objects were common in aristocratic interiors. It was in this context that Fraisse's book was published in 1735.
Jean-Antoine Fraisse, born in Grenoble around 1680, is recorded as a master embroiderer and painter in this city until 1718. In 1729 he worked as a "canvas painter" at the Château de Chantilly in the service of Louis-Henri, Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Condé (1692-1740). In 1735 Fraisse had published in Paris with Lottin a collection of engravings entitled Book of Chinese designs, taken from originals from Persia, India, China and Japan and dedicated to the Duke of Bourbon . These folio-format intaglios included two large engravings measuring up to two and a half meters. There are thirteen copies of the work, three of which are hand-colored. According to the dedication to the prince written by Fraisse in the preface to the work, the collection reproduces the motifs from the collections of Asian art objects belonging to the Duke of Bourbon. The prince, like his contemporaries, was passionate about the taste for "lachine," he collected Chinese and Japanese porcelain, lacquer chests and rich Indian fabrics, creating lacquer furniture, Indian fabrics and porcelain in his château of Chantilly. Fraisse copied the original pieces from the prince's collection and thus offered sources of Asian inspiration and models to the porcelain and Indian makers in the service of the prince. This extremely rare work is therefore essential for discovering the taste for exoticism at the beginning of the 18th century. century. We offer here a facsimile of the copy preserved in Chantilly accompanied by a text explaining its content by Nicole Garnier.