Abstract
N 1997, CLARE LE CORBEILLER ACQUIRED for The Metropolitan Museum of Art a bowl from the extraordinary Sevres service made for MarieAntoinette's dairy at Rambouillet (Figures 1, 2). The acquisition is of particular interest because of the rarity of pieces from this service (this shape was previously not known to have survived) and the enigma surrounding the production of the service, which is known mainly through some designs in the Sevres archives. Most important, the object is an extremely rare document of a revolutionary change of style at Sevres and a testament that the roots of this style emerged during the reign of Louis XVI and not under the French Republic, as is commonly thought.
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