Two wall sconces (Bras de cheminée) ca. 1761 Model attributed to Jean-Claude Duplessis Shortly after the first porcelain plaques were made at Sèvres for the purpose of embellishing furniture, the factory further expanded the role of porcelain in the realm of furnishings by producing wall sconces that served a functional purpose in addition to a decorative one. The factory archives indicate that Jean-Claude Duplessis (Italian, ca. 1695-1774), who was responsible for new models at Sèvres, provided a design for a wall sconce in 1760.1 Duplessis’s training as a goldsmith and bronze founder is evident in the highly sculptural and boldly scrolling forms of the design, which clearly derives from the gilt-bronze wall-sconce designs from the years 1750-60.2 The attenuated scrolling vegetal forms punctuated with berries that compose the porcelain model reflect a direct borrowing of the standard elements also used for rococo gilt-bronze wall sconces,3 although the porcelain version does not