How to furnish a Palace. Porcelain acquisitions in the Netherlands for Augustus the Strong, 1716-1718 ...

This article discusses the acquisition of East Asian porcelain for the furnishing of the Japanese Palace, Augustus the Strong’s pleasure palace in Dresden. It focuses on two important documents that give information on how and where porcelain was purchased in 18th century Saxony: firstly, the historic royal inventories, assembled between 1721-1727, which not only record the interior equipment of the palace, but which also refer to a number of porcelain dealers from Dresden and Leipzig by name. Secondly, a set of letters between the Saxon court and Dutch dealers in the Netherlands provide us wi... Mehr ...