Porcelain Set ‘Pyzamo’, designed by Jarmila Formankova, Ditmar Urbach, Czechoslovakia, 1959

Description

Porcelain set “Pyžamo” designed in 1959 by Jarmila Formánková for Ditmar Urbach. The set comprises a vase (10×10×24 cm), a bowl with a handle (20×14×10 cm), and a plate (21×21×6 cm). The set is named “Pyžamo” (“Pyjamas”) after its distinctive vertical stripes.

This is one of the more interesting examples of the so-called Brussels style, namely Czechoslovak design of the 1950s and 1960s, which gained recognition after the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels. The set is very well preserved, with minor damage visible in the photographs.