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Orange accent plate with Harlem Toile vanity vignette

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Manufactured by

    Enoch Wedgwood Ltd, English, founded 1860

    Designed by

    Sheila Bridges, American, born 1964

    Distributed by

    Fiskars Living US, LLC, American, founded 2009

    Description

    An orange bone china accent plate from the Wedgwood X Sheila Bridges collaboration, featuring the vanity vignette from Bridges' Harlem Toile de Jouy design.
    On the face of the small, round orange plate is a scene of three women in 18th century clothing performing their toilette. The women appear grouped together on a raised platform under a tree. A seated woman at the right holds a large, oval mirror for the seated woman at center to look into, her long hair loose around her head. The third woman stands behind her, helping to arrange her hair. Behind her is a vanity table with a smaller mirror and various accessories. The standing woman’s dress is blue and lavender roses appear in an urn on the opposite side of the platform, the only color amid an otherwise black, grey and white design. The women, the platform they appear on, the urn of roses and the tree all appear with a white background, while the black and grey lines of the rest of the design appear on the orange background of the plate. On the underside of the plate is a backstamp design of two blue high-heeled slipper shoes askew in the grass, along with two purple roses with green leaves and the tree limbs arching above. There is printed black text in the center that reads [WEDGWOOD / X / SHEILA BRIDGES / Bone China / Dishwasher Safe]. The plate has a black rim.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wedgwood

    Date

    2022

    Object number

    2022.75.11

    Restrictions & Rights

    © Sheila Bridges, Wedgwood © Fiskars Group
    Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    plates (dishes)

    Medium

    bone china

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 3/4 × 8 × 8 in. (1.9 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm)

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    Wedgwood X Sheila Bridges Collection

    Classification

    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

    Exhibition

    Cultural Expressions

    On View

    NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Beauty culture
    Cooking and dining
    Design
    Play
    Stereotypes

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd555589693-a1c5-4c95-af79-223b450d948c

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2022.75.11

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