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Square plates became a fashionable alternative to the more conventional round shape early in the 1930s, as designers sought to express a new vocabulary of geometrical forms inspired by the Machine Age. Difficult to produce without sagging corners or warped edges, these shapes were technologically and aesthetically challenging. Clarice Cliff, a famous British designer, created playful works like the Biarritz line, based on the geometric designs of French silversmith Jean Tetard. This salad plate features a stylized "P" monogram on the lower right.
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- Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 432, cat. 55.
- DMA unpublished material, Label text [1996.187.1], transcribed 2017.
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General Description
Square plates became a fashionable alternative to the more conventional round shape early in the 1930s, as designers sought to express a new vocabulary of geometrical forms inspired by the Machine Age. Difficult to produce without sagging corners or warped edges, these shapes were technologically and aesthetically challenging. Clarice Cliff, a famous British designer, created playful works like the Biarritz line, based on the geometric designs of French silversmith Jean Tetard. This salad plate features a stylized "P" monogram on the lower right.
Adapted from
- Charles L. Venable, Ellen P. Denker, Katherine C. Grier, Stephen G. Harrison, China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Tabletop to TV Tray (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2000), 432, cat. 55.
- DMA unpublished material, Label text [1996.187.1], transcribed 2017.
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- updated provenance and geo x refs
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
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Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 2001: Collection of Patsy L. Griffith, Dallas, Texas
From 2001: Dallas Museum of Art, bequest of the above [1]
[1] See Collections Records Object File [2001.150]
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