Félix BRACQUEMOND (Paris, 1833 - Sèvres, 1914) Preparatory drawing for a tureen, Parabère service Watercolour, charcoal and white gouache highlights Annotated 'Parabère mai 92' in ink top right Annotated 'Rendu le 13 aout 1892 / Exécuté / Ed. Lindeneher' in ink on verso TO BE CHECKED A Théodore Haviland stamp lower right No frame H : 39.0 cm, W : 56.0 cm Exhibitions: Félix Bracquemond, Limoges, Selb-Plössberg, Beauvais 2005-2006, cat. no. 94, repr. p. 184 The Parabère Service first appears in Théodore Haviland's correspondence on 16 May 1892. On the 19th, there is mention of a visit from a wealthy American client who "would like to see the Parabère", and in September, a failed test of a plate. The annotation and precise dating in Bracquemond's hand confirm his authorship, while the sculptor Edouard Lindeneher was only responsible for modelling after the drawings. Félix BRACQUEMOND (Paris, 1833 - Sèvres, 1914) H: 39.0 cm, W: 56.0 cm The Parabère service first appears in Théodore Haviland's correspondence on 16 May 1892. On the 19th, a visit from a wealthy American client who "would like to see the Parabère" is mentioned, and in September, a failed test of the plate. The annotation and precise dating in Bracquemond's hand confirm his authorship, while the sculptor Edouard Lindeneher was only responsible for modelling after the drawings.