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"Residential" dessert plate

Designed by: Russel Wright (American, 1904–1976)
Manufactured by: Northern Industrial Chemical (active 1904–1963)
designed 1953
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Melmac (melamine plastic)
Dimensions Height x diameter: 1.3 x 15.2 cm (1/2 x 6 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward
Accession Number2010.565
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPlastics

DescriptionSea Mist Grey
Marks Russel/Wright/RESIDENTIAL/by/Northern/BOSTON 27 (Russel Wright and by Northern are in script)
ProvenanceAround 2000 to 2010, purchased by Barbara and Gerald Ward, Portsmouth, NH, at various dealers, primarily in Maine and Hampshire, or acquired on eBay; 2010, given by the Wards to the MFA (Accession date: June 16, 2010)
CopyrightReproduced with permission.