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Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Three Plates from the 'Peitschenhieb' (Whiplash) Service1904

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Two white ceramic plates with gold Art Nouveau-style curved line decoration on the rims, leaned upright against each other
White porcelain dinner plate with a wide rim decorated with flowing Art Nouveau-style motifs in olive gold, featuring curved lines and dashed accents encircling the border.
White porcelain plate with a broad rim, decorated with gilt Art Nouveau-style motifs of sweeping curved lines and geometric segmented forms arranged symmetrically around the border.
White porcelain dinner plate with a wide rim decorated with sinuous gilt Art Nouveau-style motifs encircling the border, featuring curved lines, geometric segmented bands, and scrolling forms against the plain white ground.

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Henry van de Velde, Three Plates from the 'Peitschenhieb' (Whiplash) Service, 1904, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the George Sidney Trust, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designed by
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Germany, Meissen, founded 1710
Designed by
Henry van de Velde
Belgium, also active Germany and Switzerland, 1863-1957
Title
Three Plates from the 'Peitschenhieb' (Whiplash) Service
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1904
Medium
Porcelain and gilding
Dimensions
a) Soup plate height: 1 1/4 in. (3.18 cm); a) Soup plate diameter: 10 1/2 in. (26.67 cm); b) Dinner plate height: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); b) Dinner plate diameter: 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm); c) Dessert plate height: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); c) Dessert plate diameter: 9 1/8 in. (23.18 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the George Sidney Trust
Accession Number
M.2003.17a-c
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy; contributions by Crawford, Alan; Joppien, Rüdiger; Kinchin, Juliet; Ogata, Amy F.; Stavenow-Hidemark, Elisabet; Witt-Dörring, Christian. The Arts & Crafts Movement in Europe & America. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2004.