Object Notes

Louis Comfort Tiffany was one of America's most important designers at the turn of the century. The glass produced at his Corona Furnace on Long Island was especially famous because of its rich colors, organic shapes, and sinuous decoration.

In 1929, well-known manufacturers of dinnerware Bernardaud & Cie.

The high modernist taste for streamlined shapes and spartan decoration was embodied in Clarice Cliff's designs of the 1930s. Her direct inspiration came from the work of French designer Jean Tetard, from whom Cliff took the idea for the very successful Stamford shape around 1930.

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.

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.

The high modernist taste for streamlined shapes and spartan decoration is embodied in Clarice Cliff's designs of the 1930s. Her direct inspiration came from the work of French designer Jean Tetard, from whom Cliff took the idea for the very successful Stamford shape around 1930.

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.

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.

Manhattan was made in a wide range of tableware and decorative forms while in production between 1938 and 1941.

Manhattan was made in a wide range of tableware and decorative forms while in production between 1938 and 1941.