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Ciquaire Cirou (c. 1700-1751) was a French industrialist and
/ref> The Chantilly manufactory itself had already been established since c.1725 however. Ciquaire Cirou thus became the director of the Chantilly manufactory until his death, under the protection of
Ciquaire Cirou (c. 1700-1751) was a French industrialist and porcelain
Porcelain () is a ceramic material made by heating substances, generally including materials such as kaolinite, in a kiln to temperatures between . The strength and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises mainl ...
manufacturer. He was originally a member of the Saint-Cloud manufactory
Saint-Cloud porcelain was a type of soft-paste porcelain produced in the French town of Saint-Cloud from the late 17th to the mid 18th century.
Foundation
In 1702, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans gave letters-patent to the family of Pierre Chicanea ...
, where he was a painter, specializing in soft-paste porcelain.
By a letter dated 5 October 1735, Louis XV
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...
(reg 1715-74) allowed Ciquaire Cirou to make porcelain "in imitation of Japanese porcelain" for 20 years.''The Grove encyclopedia of decorative arts'' by Gordon Campbell p.223/ref> The Chantilly manufactory itself had already been established since c.1725 however. Ciquaire Cirou thus became the director of the Chantilly manufactory until his death, under the protection of
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon
Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (Louis Henri Joseph; 18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was a French nobleman and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 1723 to 1726. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a '' pr ...
.
Through his tenure, the style of the Chantilly manufactory, described as the "First period" (1725-1751), almost entirely focused on imitations of Chinese and Japanese wares, such as the ''Kakiemon
is a style of Japanese porcelain, with overglaze decoration called "enameled" ceramics. It was originally produced at the factories around Arita, in Japan's Hizen province (today, Saga Prefecture) from the Edo period's mid-17th century onwards. ...
'' style.
See also
*French porcelain
French porcelain has a history spanning a period from the 17th century to the present. The French were heavily involved in the early European efforts to discover the secrets of making the hard-paste porcelain known from Chinese and Japanese export ...
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