Charger
- Designer
- Galileo Chini, Italian, 1873–1956
- Date
- c.1900
- made in
- Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, Europe
- Classification
- Ceramics
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 122
- Dimensions
- 23 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (58.7 × 3.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- The Mary Elizabeth Rosborough Decorative Arts Fund and the Lopata Endowment Fund
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 71:2016
NOTES
On this vibrant lustre-glazed dish, eight boats circle the rim with bright white, wind-filled sails, creating a dynamic rhythm. In the center is a whirlpool of undulating forms and linear patterning in shades of saturated blues and greens. Artist and designer Galileo Chini reimagined the historical ceramic traditions of his native Italy and the Mediterranean region with modern flair on this charger, or platter. Chini’s workshop in Florence, Arte della Ceramica, exhibited their ceramics to great acclaim at international expositions, winning a gold medal at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair and a silver medal in St. Louis in 1904.
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