Le Sabot Cassé (The Broken Shoe)

Étienne Maurice Falconet1760

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Two seated figures. Woman with cracked wooden shoe on her lap and arms dejectedly at her side. Sitting at her feet, a child with arms clasped around their knee, gaze fixed on the shoe. Irregular plinth with basket of flowers.

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Title: Le Sabot Cassé (The Broken Shoe)
Creator: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory, Sèvres, France, founded 1738, Etienne-Maurice Falconet, 1716 – 1791
Date Created: 1760
Location Created: Sevres, France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Soft paste biscuit porcelain
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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