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Detail of Diderot:

Les Visiteurs d’ Été:
Denis Diderot

designer:
Anne-Marie Collot

design year:
1768

manufacturer:
Manufacture National de Sèvres, France

materials:
biscuit porcelain

notes:
French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was the chief editor of L'Encyclopédie, one of the principal literary accomplishments of the Age of Enlightenment. Representing 26 years of his labor, the work, in seventeen volumes of text and eleven volumes of illustrations, presented the achievements of human learning. Besides offering a summary of information on all theoretical knowledge, it also challenged the authority of the Catholic Church

dimensions:
height: 11”

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