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A white porcelain plate, with design of a seamstress at work in her studio to the centre, hand-painted, banded with one thick and one fine black line.
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| Brief description | Plate, porcelain, designed by Samokhvalov Alexander Nikolaevich, Russia, 20th Century |
| Physical description | A white porcelain plate, with design of a seamstress at work in her studio to the centre, hand-painted, banded with one thick and one fine black line. |
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| Gallery label | - The Soviet worker as hero
After the 1917 Revolution, Russia’s Imperial Porcelain Factory, which had almost exlusively served the ruling tsars, was renamed the State Porcelain Factory. In the 1920s, the factory produced many designs that glorified the status of factory workers in society. Here, the plate depicts a seamstress at work with her tools, while the mug shows a procession of labourers. Both use tones of black and red, a distinct palette associated with the Russian art movements Constructivism and Suprematism.
Plate showing a seamstress at work, 1923–24
Designed by Alexander Nikolaevich Samokhvalov
Manufactured by the State Porcelain Factory, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Porcelain painted in enamel colours
Given by Margaret Bulley
Museum no. MISC.2:59-1934
Soviet mug with slogan
‘Shift is coming...’ (translated title), about 1924
Probably designed by Mikhail Mikhailovich Adamovich
Manufactured by the State Porcelain Factory, Soviet Union (now Russia) Porcelain painted in enamel colours
Given by Margaret Bulley
Museum no. MISC.2:60-1934
The object sits in the 'Automation and Labour' section of the Design 1900-Now gallery opened in June 2021.(2021)
- '27. Plate: 'The Seamstress'
Designed by Alexander Nikolaevich Samokhvalov (Russian, 1894-1971), 1923
Made at the State Porcelain Factory, Leningrad, Russia, decorated 1924
Porcelain, painted decoration
Bequeathed by Margaret Bulley
Misc.2(59)-1934
The idealised worker with the tools of his trade was a subject addressed both in traditional Russin painting and, as here, in a somewhat faceted and 'Futurist' manner which paid homage to the 'new design'.'
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Margaret H. Armitage (née Bulley) |
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