PIERRE PAULIN (1927-2009) DESIGNER & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SÈVRES Paulin service, the model designed in [1987], our works completed in 2000 Part of a service composed of a large octagonal deep dish, a large rectangular deep dish with truncated corners and a suite of three octagonal plates. Proofs in white enameled porcelain (soft paste); the marlis with geometric motifs in slight relief. The two large dishes bear the date stamp of the Manufacture Nationale de SÈVRES - 00 (for 2000) and the mention PT (for pâte tendre); the plates bear only alphanumeric references under the cover. Octagonal dish: 39 x 39cm Rectangular platter: 50.5 x 30.5cm Plate: 19 x 19cm Historical background: Pierre Paulin was the first designer to be invited by the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres to create a dinner service. In 1987, he designed the so-called Paulin service, featuring octagonal plates and dishes in white soft porcelain, with geometrically embossed marlis patterns - and eggplant marli for the presentation plate. However, the service was only produced in very limited quantities from 1996 onwards, and was the only new-form service to be produced by the Manufacture since the second half of the 20th century. Public collections and related works: - Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris - A Paulin service is kept in the collections of this institution under inventory number 989.532.A-D. - Mobilier National et Manufactures des Gobelins, de Beauvais et de la Savonnerie, Paris - An octagonal dish from the Paulin service is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number GML 12164. - Center Pompidou, Paris - A plate from the Paulin service is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number AM 2003-1-12. Exhibition and related work: Paulin - Paris, Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou,May 11 to August 22, 2016. Plates from the Paulin service exhibited at this event (no. 60). Bibliography: - Anne Chapoutot, preface by Yvonne Brunhammer - Pierre Paulin, un univers de formes - Éditions Du May, Paris, 1992. A plate from the Paulin service reproduced on page 114. - Sèvres, tradizione e innovazione - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice (July 2 - October 29, 2000), Editions Fondazione Querini Stampalia/Santa Maria Formosa, Venice, 2000. A plate from the Paulin service reproduced on page 3. - ElisabethVédrenne and Anne-Marie Fèvre - Pierre Paulin - Éditions Dis Voir, Paris, 2001. A dish from the Paulin service reproduced on page 47. - Nadine Descendre - Pierre Paulin: L'homme et l'œuvre - Éditions Albin Michel, Paris, 2014. A dish and plate from the Paulin service reproduced on page 171.