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"Residential" dinner plate

(American, 1904–1976)
(active 1904–1963)
designed 1953
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMelamine (plastic)
DimensionsOverall: 1.6 x 27 x 25.1 cm (5/8 x 10 5/8 x 9 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward
Accession number2010.563
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPlastics
Collections
ProvenanceEarly history unknown; purchased by Barbara and Gerald Ward, Portsmouth, NH, at various dealers, primarily in Maine and Hampshire, or acquired on eBay, from ca. 2000 to 2010; 2010, given by the Wards to the MFA
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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Russel Wright
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Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
Russel Wright
designed 1953
Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
Russel Wright
designed 1953
Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
Russel Wright
designed 1953
Group shot: 2010.566-7
Russel Wright
designed 1959
Group shot: 2010.566-7
Russel Wright
designed 1959
Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
Russel Wright
designed 1953
Group shot: 2010.562a-b - 2010.565
Russel Wright
designed 1953
Group shot: 2010.537.1-2
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mid–1950s
Group shot: 2010.537.1-2
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