 Therefore, Carlin found it necessary to sell his works exclusively to "marchands-merciers" such as Simon-Philippe Poirier and his partner Dominique Daguerre, who acted as decorative-designers.It was only through these entrepreneurs that Carlin could acquire the Sèvres porcelain plaques that decorated many of his pieces.His earliest such pieces can be dated by the marks on their porcelain to 1766; they followed designs supplied by the dealer Poirier.