at Crate & Barrel
Passed by Crate & Barrel the other day and front and center in the display window was Eva Zeisel's signature line Classic Century. (I do wish that it was in white and not the off white.)
The curves and the waves are just beautiful!
Here is the description from C&B's website:
Sensuous, multifunctional shapes with a pedigreed past are
reborn for a new century. Originally designed in 1952 by world-renowned
designer Eva Zeisel, this timeless tabletop art makes a comeback in a creamy
neutral. Zeisel, considered one of the foremost designers of the 20th century,
created sculptural pieces with rounded curves, arches, teardrops and wave
motifs. Even the plates are a soft oval, just this side of round. Out of
production for many years, during which time it became a collectors' item, this
pattern has been resurrected just for us. Each organic, elegant piece is a
masterpiece of form and function.
Eva Zeisel (1906-2011) http://www.evazeiseloriginals.com/index.shtml
was an Hungarian-born Industrial Designer. Her primary work was in ceramic, glass and dinnerware. Many of her original designs are displayed at world renown museums. Many of her pieces are now collectors' item.
It wasn't just her work that was fascinating, her life story was equally stunting.
She grew up wealthy and educated. But was falsely accused in participating in the assassination plot to kill Joseph Stalin in 1936. Arrested and imprisoned for 16 months, she spent 12 of the 16 months in solitary confinement.
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