Midwinter Pottery A Revolution in British Tableware by Steven Jenkins edited by Paul Atterbury
Cdn$
45.00
US$
30.00
plus actual postage...please enquire
soft cover, about 8 ½ by 8 ½ inches, 92 pages, 100 colour plates, over 80 black and white illustrations including backstamps
From the back cover:
"The 1950s was one of the most distinctive and appealing decades in recent history and produced many names that now arouse great interest and enthusiasm among collectors and design historians..........Today, one of the most popular of these is Midwinter, a Staffordshire pottery that first made tablewares in 1910. However, it was not until the 1950s that Midwinter became well known, and it was then because of the dynamic leadership and nodernist attitudes of Roy Midwinter, the founder's son, and his chief designer, Jessie Tait who, together, changed the face of British tableware. Midwinter created their Stylecraft ranges from 1953...........in 1955 the related, but more organic Fashion shape was launched which combined contemporary styling with Roy Midwinter's principles of durability and functionalism..........150 illustrations in colour and black and white, and a comprehensive pattern index and shape guide, this book is essential reading for the Midwinter collector, the 1950s enthusiast, and for anyone interested in twentieth-century design history."
