A single color to define an entire era. Here, no flowers, no gilding, no superfluous ornamentation. On the white earthenware, a wide emerald green circle outlines the rim of each plate with an almost radical simplicity. A bright, graphic, immediately recognizable design that harks back to the modernist aesthetic of the interwar period. The set bears the charming name Émeraude on its reverse, accompanied by the inscription Casino. The ensemble includes 2 dinner plates and 2 soup plates, forming a true small service for two people. These four pieces have remained together and now allow one to recreate a vintage table without sacrificing any of its modernity. The design plays wonderfully with light. The bold and almost radiant green contrasts with the slightly ivory softness of the earthenware. Some irregularities in the color application are reminiscent of the decorative techniques of the era and lend each piece a character that contemporary industrial tableware has long since lost. With their clean lines and essentialist design, these plates fit the Art Deco and modernist taste of the 1930s-1940s, a period when tableware gradually abandoned elaborate compositions to embrace geometry, solid blocks of color, and a much more understated elegance. Almost a century later, they appear surprisingly contemporary. Diameter approximately 23 cm. The four plates show marks and small traces related to their age and past life, visible in the photographs. They have been used, preserved, and have remained together until now.
Additional details:
- Brand: Casino
- Style: Moderniste
- Material: Faïence
- Colour: Vert émeraude
- Colour: Blanche
- Colour: Ivoire
- Period: