Collections: Decorative Arts: Luncheon Plate, from Four-Piece Setting, "Tuxedo"

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Luncheon Plate, from Four-Piece Setting, "Tuxedo"

• Designer: Gwathmey Siegel
• Manufacturer: Swid Powell
• Medium: Porcelain
• Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1985
• Dimensions: 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (2.2 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm)
• Markings: On underside, printed in black: '© Swid Powell / Gwathmey Siegel [facsimile signature in script] "Tuxedo" '
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscription
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 85.158.9
• Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
• Image: Overall, 85.158.8_85.158.9_85.158.10a-b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Gwathmey Siegel. Luncheon Plate, from Four-Piece Setting, "Tuxedo," ca. 1985. Porcelain, 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (2.2 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 85.158.9 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.158.8_85.158.9_85.158.10a-b_bw.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: "Tuxedo" pattern. Circular luncheon plate with wide rim in white porcelain with vitreous glaze and transfer-printed decorations. Edge of rim decorated with border of small black rectangles; a black square appears in each quadrant of the rim; a black band outlines the slope of the dish of the plate but is broken under the four squares on the rim. The center of the plate has four black squares arranged in square pattern. Part of four-piece place setting (85.158.8-.10a-b). CONDITION: Undamaged.