Serving plate with Harlem Toile dancing vignette
date: label: Date
content: 2022
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Enoch Wedgwood Ltd, English, founded 1860
label: Designed by
content: Sheila Bridges, American, born 1964
label: Distributed by
content: Fiskars Living US, LLC, American, founded 2009
notes: label: Description
content: A white bone china serving plate from the Wedgwood X Sheila Bridges collaboration, featuring the dancing vignette from Bridges' Harlem Toile de Jouy design.
label: Description
content: This is a large, round white serving plate. Oriented along the right side of the plate’s face is a vignette of a man and woman dancing in front of a triumphal arch. They both wear 18th century clothing and have kicked off their shoes to dance barefoot. The man’s body faces the viewer as her holds his right arm in the air and hold his left hand out towards the woman. The woman is dancing with her left arm raised and her right arm stretched out to meet the man’s left hand. Her skirt is partially tucked up and her head is thrown back as she dances. To the left of the couple is a large boombox. The only spots of color in the otherwise grey-toned design is the bright blue of the man’s knee-length pants and the woman’s shoes discarded on the ground. The plate has a black rim.
label: Description
content: On the underside of the plate is a backstamp design of the same two figures dancing with the boombox sitting amid tufts of grass between them. There is printed black text in the center that reads [WEDGWOOD / X / SHEILA BRIDGES / Bone China / Dishwasher Safe].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Play
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Wedgwood X Sheila Bridges Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Wedgwood
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.75.5
objectType: label: Type
content: plates (dishes)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sheila Bridges, Wedgwood © Fiskars Group
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: bone china
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15/16 × 11 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (2.4 × 30.2 × 30.2 cm)