For the comfort of coffee or tea in convivial company were reclining chairs with
Jonc wickerwork, which enjoyed great popularity in the 18th century. The coffee
and tea service with so-called came from the oldest porcelain manufactory in
Meissen near Dresden, which has been producing porcelain of the highest quality since 1710
since 1710. It depicts scenes in the manner of paintings by Antoine Watteau (1684-
1721) in trellis-framed park landscapes.
France (?), middle of 18th century.Beech, covered with jonc wickerworkBequest of Prof. E. HandmannInv. 1894.449.; 1941.197.a-b.; 1941.198.a-b.