Pierre PAULIN & Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (1927-2009) Table service - designed in 1987 and produced in 1996 Soft white porcelain with a smooth aubergine-coloured border for the presentation plates and a raised border with geometric decoration for the rest of the service. Marked with the Manufacture de Sèvres stamp and signed Paulin under each piece Comprising 102 rooms: - 13 presentation plates - 23 large plates - 10 soup plates - 22 dessert plates - 24 bread and butter plates - 2 dishes (dim. 50 × 30 cm) - 2 dishes (dim. 40x 24.5 cm ) - 2 dishes (size 27 × 16 cm ) - 2 dishes (dim. 39 × 39 cm) - 2 dishes (32 × 32 cm ) A complete set of plates is kept at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, under inventory no. 989.532.A-D. Bibliography : Elisabeth Vedrenne, Anne-Marie Fèvre, Pierre Paulin, Éditions Dis Voir, Paris, 2001, p.47 for a similar model. Nadine Descendre, Pierre Paulin : l'homme et l'œuvre, Éditions Albin Michel, Paris, 2014, p.171 for a similar model History : Pierre Paulin created the forms of this service in 1987, which was only published in 1996 in a very small number of copies. This is the only new-form dinner service produced by the Manufacture since the 2nd half of the 20th century. Pierre PAULIN & Manufacture nationale de Sèvres (1927-2009) An important porcelain table service by Pierre Paulin for the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres - model designed in 1987 and edited in 1996 - 13 presentation plates - 23 large plates - 10 soup plates - 22 dessert plates - 24 bread plates - 2 presentation dishes (19.68 × 11.81 in.) - 2 presentation dishes(15.75 × 9.65 in.) - 2 presentation dishes (10.63 × 6.29 in.) - 2 presentation dishes (15.35 × 15.35 in.) - 2 presentation dishes (12.59 × 12.59 in.)