Decorative Plate Colette Guéden Primavera
Artist: Colette Guéden
Decorative earthenware plate by Colette Guéden for Primavera.
Perfect condition
Diameter 22cm
Initials CG in the decor, signed Colette Guéden Primavera on the back.
Colette Gueden (1905-2000) The name and work of Colette Gueden are closely associated with Primavera, the art workshop of the Printemps department stores in Paris, founded in 1912 by Pierre Laguionie, manager of Printemps, and the lawyer René Guilleré, founder of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs. Born in 1905 in Indochina, Colette Gueden entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Etienne, where she graduated three years later. In 1927 in Paris, she worked as a designer at Primavera alongside Claude Lévy, Gisèle Favre, and Madeleine Sougez. She became manager in 1934, then director in 1938. Under her leadership, Primavera supplied carpets, upholstery fabrics, fashionable wallpapers, and specialized in ceramic objects: vases, trinkets, figurines, etc. The adventure ended in 1972, after sixty years of creations that had become synonymous with inventiveness and fantasy.
Perfect condition
Diameter 22cm
Initials CG in the decor, signed Colette Guéden Primavera on the back.
Colette Gueden (1905-2000) The name and work of Colette Gueden are closely associated with Primavera, the art workshop of the Printemps department stores in Paris, founded in 1912 by Pierre Laguionie, manager of Printemps, and the lawyer René Guilleré, founder of the Société des Artistes Décorateurs. Born in 1905 in Indochina, Colette Gueden entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Etienne, where she graduated three years later. In 1927 in Paris, she worked as a designer at Primavera alongside Claude Lévy, Gisèle Favre, and Madeleine Sougez. She became manager in 1934, then director in 1938. Under her leadership, Primavera supplied carpets, upholstery fabrics, fashionable wallpapers, and specialized in ceramic objects: vases, trinkets, figurines, etc. The adventure ended in 1972, after sixty years of creations that had become synonymous with inventiveness and fantasy.
180 €
Period: 20th century
Style: Design 50's and 60's
Condition: Perfect condition
Material: Earthenware
Diameter: 22cm
Reference (ID): 942625
Availability: In stock
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