Lunéville faience

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Lunéville faience is a renowned French tin-glazed earthenware pottery, celebrated for its finely decorated ceramics produced in the town of Lunéville from the 18th century onward.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French faience
ceramic ware
tin-glazed earthenware
associatedWith Lunéville pottery industry
linked to: Lunéville faience
comparableTo Moustiers faience
Nevers faience
Rouen faience
Strasbourg faience
country France
culturalSignificance important example of French decorative arts
regional heritage of Lorraine
genre Neoclassical ceramics
Rococo ceramics
hasPart decorative ceramics
faience stoves
figurines
plates
tableware
vases
hasStyle Neoclassicism
Rococo
folk art influences
historicalPeriod 18th-century France
Ancien Régime
inception 18th century
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Grand Est
Lorraine
Meurthe-et-Moselle
materialUsed earthenware
tin glaze
notableFor chinoiserie motifs
finely painted decoration
high-quality tin glaze
naturalistic floral motifs
rustic scenes
partOf French faience tradition
placeOfOrigin Lunéville
productionMethod hand-painted decoration
kiln-fired earthenware
productionStart circa 1730s
significantPlace Lunéville faience factories
linked to: Lunéville faience
typicalMotif birds
flowers
pastoral scenes
usedColor blue-and-white decoration
polychrome decoration
usedFor collecting
domestic tableware
interior decoration

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Lunéville regionSpeciality Lunéville faience
Lunéville faience associatedWith Lunéville pottery industry
linked to: Lunéville faience
Lunéville faience significantPlace Lunéville faience factories
linked to: Lunéville faience