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French potter and designer. He collaborated with Adalbert de Beaumont to publish a Recueil de dessins pour l‘art et l‘industrie [A Collection of Designs for Art and Industry], which contained 217 engravings, many of which portray Islamic ceramics and glass from their own collections or seen in their travels. This book was a seminal influence on the introduction of Islamic decorative art to French artists and craftsmen, notably Joseph-Théodore Deck. In 1863, Collinot and Beaumont founded their own faience factory in the Bois de Boulogne, specializing in wares inspired by Persian and Iznik pottery. [From: Grove Dictionary of Art].
Born: fl. 1859 - 1883