The first porcelain table and dessert service was made for Empress Elizabeth in 1756, when under Vinogradov's direction a sizeable kiln was constructed at the Imperial Factory in order to fire large items. The rocaille shapes of this service and the decoration - a raised net pattern in gold with purple flowers and garlands of moulded polychrome flowers - accorded with the tastes of the era. In the mid-18th century the creation of moulded and carved details used to decorate pieces of porcelain was an extremely laborious process performed by hand by the factory's craftsmen. This service was used to set the Empress's own table at formal dinners. It is an established fact that in 1838 this service was in the Tsarskoye Selo palace and on the orders of Nicholas I was enlarged to sixty place settings. The display of the Porcelain Museum includes a plate from the original part of the service.