Vase
Classification(s):
Pottery
Date: c. 1951 - 1976
Maker: Francine Delpierre (French, 1913 - 1968)
Dimensions:
330 × 80 mm (33 × 8 cm)
Medium: Ceramic
Object number: P105A
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DescriptionGlazed ceramic vase with elongated neck by Francine Delpierre.
A potter’s stamp is impressed at the base of the vase with the potter’s initials. A label to the front reads “P105A £6.30 Francine Delpierre”.
A potter’s stamp is impressed at the base of the vase with the potter’s initials. A label to the front reads “P105A £6.30 Francine Delpierre”.
ProvenanceThis object was originally acquired for the Inner London Education Authority’s (ILEA) ‘Circulating Design Scheme’ collection.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
The collection was instigated by the London Country Council (later the Greater London Council) and the Council of Industrial Design (COID). The collection’s original purpose was concerned with the teaching and dissemination of modern, ‘good design’.
The collection was established in 1951/52 as the ‘Experiment in Design Appreciation’, later renamed the ‘Circulating Design Scheme’.
The Circulating Design Scheme lent boxed showcases to London schools. The showcases contained handling objects, material samples and interpretation on a specific subject.
COID withdrew its involvement in the Scheme in 1957. After which time, it was managed exclusively by the London County Council from 1957-1963.
After the administrative restructuring of London authorities, the Scheme was jointly managed by the Greater London Council and the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) from 1963 – 1976.
The Scheme was operational until 1976 when the collections were withdrawn from circulation. ILEA was abolished in the late 1980s and the collection was donated to Camberwell College of Arts in 1989/90.
ILEA was responsible for secondary and tertiary education in the inner London boroughs, this included Camberwell.
NotesFrancine Delpierre, a French journalist, changed career after having touched clay for the first time. She travelled to Vallauris, the village of potters that had risen to fame after Picasso settled at the Madoura studio, but disillusioned with the difficulties she had working at the wheel (due to her height) and lack of alternate teaching, she settled in Paris. Delpierre gradually started to exhibit work, and in 1952 travelled to London to exhibit at the Primavera Gallery. In London she met Bernard Leach and the Japanese potter Shoji Hamada, they shared ideals of traditional pottery and oriental aesthetics and exhibited together on many occasions. Delpierre favoured hand modelling because of the greater freedom of form and spontaneity it afforded. Her output uses a subtle colour palette and layers of transparent glaze.