Porcelain plate, 'Regent Street' pattern, designed by Lucienne Day, made by Rosenthal, porcelain printed in grey and red enamels, designed 1958.

Porcelain plate, shape designed by Rosenthal, 'Regent Street' pattern designed by Lucienne Day. Each item was covered with a white glaze, decorated with a minimal design, a column of small geometric shapes running down the centre of the plate in dark grey with one motif picked out in red. The back of the plate is glazed white.

Given by The Robin and Lucienne Day Foundation

Lucienne Day began designing for Rosenthal after meeting with the director Philip Rosenthal and Seibert Göppinger, director of Göppinger Kaliko-und Kunstlerderwerke GmbH, which made printed plastic fabrics, in 1957. Simplicity of design was essential, some in outline, others overlaid with panes of pattern, or mottled effects. Lucienne Day's relationship with Göppinger was short lived, but she continued to work with Rosenthal for twelve years.
Luicienne Day's earlier patterns for Rosenthal were all overtly experimental. However, from a technical point of view, some of her designs proved difficult to execute, therefore her later production designs became simpler in concept, with central motifs abandoned in favour of patterned bands or borders.

With 'Regent Street', Lucienne adopted a different approach, stepping away from her leaf patterns and moving towards a simpler geometric design. A range of co-ordinated table linen was also produced by Thomas Somerset, 1958.

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