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Porcelain manufacturing companies are firms which manufacture porcelain. The table below lists European manufacturers of porcelain established before the...

porcelain and an improved, lead-free glaze, with which the enamel colours fused in firing. Favourite patterns were the "worm sprig" and the "Tournai sprig"...

Egyptian queen. It is probably through his study of Tournai porcelain that he also discovered Chinese porcelain. Part of his collections is therefore dedicated...

of the plant-based decoration first developed in 14th-century Chinese porcelain, and in great demand in Europe. Delftware includes pottery objects of...

From 1804 to 1807, he painted porcelain figurines for the famous Sèvres porcelain factory. In 1808 he returned to Tournai to become the director of the...

Belgian state on his death. The museum displays a notable collection of Tournai porcelain and books, as well as antiquities from Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt...

Chelsea porcelain is the porcelain made by the Chelsea porcelain manufactory, the first important porcelain manufactory in England, established around...

Mennecy-Villeroy porcelain (or Mennecy porcelain) is a French soft-paste porcelain from the manufactory established under the patronage of Louis-François-Anne...

Porcelain beer taps in Tournai, Belgium...

great-grandfather, originated in Lille. He settled in Tournai in 1752, where he founded a factory of porcelain art on the quai des Salines. The factory was called...

pieces of Meissen porcelain, which represents the Museum's most substantial collection. Other collections cover Oriental porcelain, Italian and European...

centres of tapestry weaving with work in the collection include Brussels, Tournai, Beauvais, Strasbourg and Florence. One of the earliest surviving examples...

Leyniers; 1680. Portuguese lace; 1615. Arrival of the Portuguese to India from Tournai; 1504-30. Aubusson tapestry; 1661. Coptic Egyptian textile; 5th century...

first lessons in his hometown from Arnould de Vuez. Later, he studied porcelain painting at the local manufactory and went to Paris, where he worked in...

often served as his model. He studied at the Académie des beaux-arts de Tournai [fr] with Léonce Legendre [fr], the Académie's Director, and completed...

der Veken was born in Antwerp, where his parents operated a crystal and porcelain ware business. From a young age, Van der Veken nourished artistic ambitions...

Society. Retrieved 13 August 2023. Sumption, Jonathan (1999). "Sluys and Tournai: The War of the Alberts". The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle. University...

enthroned as the Emperor Nakamikado. July 30 – War of the Spanish Succession: Tournai is captured by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene...

buildings were put to new uses, including a prison, boarding school, porcelain factory and seminary. As of 2021 there were plans to restore it back to...

of gold was the treasure of the Merovingian king, Childeric I found in Tournai in 1653 and presented to Louis XIV by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor in...