Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Les Pièces Montées (Tiered Cakes) for the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a hallway at the top of stairs, at right. Two male figures are carrying up the stairs large tiered cakes; one in the form of a windmill, the other in the form of a planted jardiniere. A third cake in the form of a medieval chapel including sculptural niches, has fallen to the floor, center middleground. Two children, in the left foreground; one picks up the pieces, the other points his finger in the direction of a horrified man. This man and a woman, rear center, express their dismay. Through a doorway, rear center, people are seated at a table.