His figures in action had some awkwardness, they were small of head, slim of body, and sometimes stumbled; but his modelling of faces, his rendering of textures in cloth, metal, stone, and the like, his delicate yet firm Facture were all rather remarkable for his time.
"A Text-Book of the History of Painting"
John C. Van Dyke
It is said that no one ever saw Chardin at work in his atelier, but his method, his Facture has been ferreted out though never excelled.
"Promenades of an Impressionist"
James Huneker