[Vwoolf] ‘The firm of Bell and Grant’ and the Famous Women Dinner Service

[Diane Gillespie]

Thanks for the article!  I reproduced the Virginia Woolf plate in The Sisters' Arts (1988, 1991), illustration 4.13 on p. 199 and discuss the plates briefly on p. 198.  I was able to see a number of the plates during the 1980s in the home of Lady Clark.  I reproduced the image with  Angelica Garnett's permission.  I suppose "deliriously camp" is relative, depending on one's definition of both words during a particular time period.  The definition doesn't really resonate with me.  The plates seem very much in line with Bloomsbury decorative work in general.

Diane

Diane F. Gillespie
Professor Emeritus of English
Washington State University


From: Jane Marie Garrity 
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 11:03 AM
To: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
Subject: [Vwoolf] ‘The firm of Bell and Grant’ and the Famous Women Dinner Service


Paula, thank you for this interesting post!  


If any Woolfians have some free time and feel like to sharing a close reading today, I would love to know how you think the images on these dinner plates signal a "deliriously camp" (Kenneth Clark's language) aesthetic. 


Also, does anyone have an image of the Woolf plate? Or "Miss 1933"? 


Thanks!
Jane 





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                                 ‘The firm of Bell and Grant’ and the Famous Women Dinner Service
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                                Here's a piece from The Charleston Attic blog on the 140-piece dinner service featuring famous women created by Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. It is one of the largest commissioned works produced by the artists and was commissioned in 1932.

                                'The firm of Bell and Grant' and the Famous Women Dinner Service.

                                Paula Maggio | Monday 27 July 2015 at 10:48 am | Tags: Bloomsbury Group, Duncan Grant,Famous Women Dinner Service, Vanessa Bell | Categories: Bloomsbury | URL:http://wp.me/p5Yfi-2cV

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