Decorative Plate, D'Arceau Limoges, François Ganeau, Les Femmes du Siècle, Sophie La Féminité Retrouvée 1947, France, Vintage 1978 vegetable in our opinion

in our opinion

For a vintage card collector

or on a serving table where it will absolutely start a conversation

This small die-cut embossed Easter card is the kind of thing that got tucked into a child's Easter basket and treasured rather than discarded

The motif cycles through bright orchard fruit: crisp apples

Decorative Plate, D'Arceau Limoges, François Ganeau, Les Femmes du Siècle, Sophie La Féminité Retrouvée 1947, France, Vintage 1978 vegetable in our opinionParis, 1947. Dior has just unveiled the New Look nipped waist, full skirt, gloves and Sophie has rediscovered her femininity after years of wartime austerity. Commissioned by the Parisian Fashion Chamber and produced in Limoges, this series of 12 plates traces a century of French womanhood through the eyes of artist Franois Ganeau painter, sculptor, and designer of the Vendme typeface. This plate Sophie La Fminit Retrouve captures the postwar return