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VIOLA E ORO porcelain service
See original version (French)
53
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VIOLA E ORO porcelain service
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
VIOLA E ORO porcelain service
1948
Painted by Gabriella La Torre for her daughter Nicoletta La Torre. Design adapted from the Compagnie des Indes. Signed
Comprising 49 pieces:
- 14 tea or soup cups, diam. 9.5 cm
- 15 saucers, diam. 15 cm
- 2 bowls, diam. 11 cm
- 6 large dinner plates, diam. 25 cm (gilding missing)
- cake stand, diameter 22.5 cm
- serving plate, diameter 24 cm
- 4 dessert plates, diameter 21.5 cm
- 6 dessert plates, diameter 20 cm
Provenance:
The artist’s family collection. Assembled on the initiative of Fabrizio La Torre, son of Gabriella La Torre, this collection reflects a desire to recreate a body of work that brings together the artist’s archives and pieces produced by Hermès.
Gabriella La Torre (Rome, 1894–1976) was a porcelain painter. Over several decades, she developed a distinctive body of work, inspired in particular by her love of the decorative arts and antique porcelain, the designs of which she studied and collected.
From 1957 onwards, she collaborated with Hermès, for whom she created numerous designs that gave rise to silk scarves, ready-to-wear garments and porcelain objects. Her creative vision gave rise to patterns such as ‘Insects’, ‘Flowers and Braids’, ‘Oranges and Lemons’, ‘Cherries’, ‘Roosters’ and ‘Old China’.
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