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les contemporains et la postérité n'ont que trop respecté cette réserve

are displayed alongside similar works by his models

Livre de desseins chinois. D'après des originaux de Perse, des Indes, de la CHine et du Japon. Modèles de Jean-Antoine Fraisse pour les Manufactures du Duc de Bourbon 1735. arts Hellenistic periodAt the beginning of the 18th century century, the taste for Asian arts developed in France with imports from the East India Company; porcelain, precious fabrics, furniture and lacquer objects were common in aristocratic interiors. It was in this context that Fraisse's book was published in 1735. Jean Antoine Fraisse, born in Grenoble around 1680, is recorded as a master embroiderer and painter in this city until 1718. In 1729 he worked as a "canvas