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California Pottery: From Missions to Modernism
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by:
Stern, Bill
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Publisher:
Chronicle Books
Published: July, 2001
ISBN: 0811830683
Format:Hardcover
Pages:108
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Book Description
Chicago Tribune, December 9, 2001
...a must-have resource for collectors of these exuberant wares...
Product Description:
Pottery was for the patio, porcelain for the dinner table until the kilns of California began mass-producing and
distributing imaginative, brightly colored tableware in the late 1920s. Today, the inventive forms and playful shapes of California pottery make it a much sought-after and highly prized collectible. Published to coincide with an exhibition at SF MOMA,
California Pottery is the ultimate guide to the cultural forces and talented designers that shaped this movement. Their work includes not only the dishware we have come to associate with California, but also garden and agricultural pottery and iconic
decorative tiles. Each piece reflects the flavor of the times--from the sober Arts and Crafts style of the '20s right through to the aerodynamic Modernist styles of the '50s. With beautiful photographs featuring hundreds of unique pieces, California
Pottery: From Missions to Modernism is an exquisite gallery showcasing the beauty and originality of California pottery.
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