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Dish, Dessert

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Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1998.003.096
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
One of eleven pieces from James Buchanan's French Parisian Pink dinner service. Designed and decorated by Jean-Pierre Feuillet in Paris at his studio on rue de la Paix no. 20. This dessert dish has a floral hand-painted scene in a natural palette in shades of red, orange, yellow, blue and green within a gilt cavetto below a wide pink band within a gilt edge.
Made by Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Provenance
French Ambassador, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier, comte de Bacourt
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Henry
Sidney Morgan Henry
Sidney Morgan Henry, Jr.
Olivia Peters Henry
Year Range From
1814
Year Range To
1825
Made By
Nast or Darte Freres
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Dining Room
Storage Wall
Southwest Wall
Storage Cabinet
Built-in Cupboard
Storage Shelf
Shelf 1
People
Bacourt, Louis Adolphe Aimé Fourier de
Buchanan, James
Feuillet, Jean-Pierre
Henry, James Buchanan
Henry, Olivia Peters
Henry, Sidney Morgan
Henry, Sidney Morgan, Jr.
Search Terms
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Inscription Position
Bottom
Inscription Text
Feuillet, rue de la Paix, no. 20
Inscription Type
Signature
Object Name
Dish, Dessert
Material
Porcelain
Height (cm)
2.54
Height (ft)
0.0833333333
Height (in)
1
Diameter (cm)
17.145
Diameter (ft)
0.5625
Diameter (in)
6.75
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2021-12-22
Object ID
W.1998.003.096
Place of Origin
Paris, France
Accession Number
W.1998.003
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Table, Library

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d00ed37e-b80b-43f0-9e58-101162515495
Collection
Wheatland
Object ID
W.1935.001.001
Date Range
ca 1856
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Collection
Wheatland
Description
Rectangular top inset with brown/black leather. Molded edge, straight flat sides. Two longer sides have two drawers, each with two round concave areas with small knobs at center. Four legs with bun-and-cylinder turned feet. Legs taper down to feet with two buns terminating on the smaller bun foot.
William H. Grover, 33 N. 4th St., Philadelphia
Provenance
Buchanan, James
To Henry, James B.
To Henry, Sidney Morgan
To James Buchanan Foundation
LancasterHistory
Date Range
ca 1856
Made By
Grove, William H.
Last Owner
Buchanan, James
Storage Location
Wheatland, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Library
Storage Wall
Room Center
People
Buchanan, James
Henry, James Buchanan
Henry, Sidney Morgan
Subcategory
Furniture
Search Terms
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Inscription Language
English
Inscription Position
South West Drawer Inside Rail
Inscription Technique
Stamped
Inscription Text
William H. Grove 33 North 4th Street Philadelphia, PA
Inscription Type
Stamp
Object Name
Table, Library
Material
Oak/Leather
Related Publications
Mc Elroy's Philadelphia Directory for 1856, 19th Edition Edward C. and John Biddle Printed by Henry B. Ashmead, 1856
Height (in)
30.5
Width (in)
55.25
Depth (in)
39.75
Condition
Excellent Condition
Condition Date
2022-06-17
Object ID
W.1935.001.001
Notes
Table is the one depicted in Leslies' Illustrated (1857).
Place of Origin
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Accession Number
W.1935.001
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