Acc. № 240 · Archive reference image
Design Objects № 240
L'Inconnu Subversif: Porcelaine Carnaval
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A French design object advertisement, circa 1950s–60s, promoting an unnamed porcelain figurine collection styled as carnival royalty. The pastel, ruffled aesthetics and bold sans-serif typography suggest a luxury goods catalog pitched to bourgeois collectors, yet the title—'The Subversive Unknown'—implies suppressed or forgotten prestige. Recovered from a private archive in Lyon. Speaks to designers and collectors of mid-century European decorative arts and the tension between avant-garde messaging and mass-production nostalgia.
Catalogued, not yet released. This artifact will become available to acquire soon.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
1536 × 2752 px · 4.2 MP · portrait
- Section
- Design Objects
- Style
- vintage product advertisement, mid-century modernist typography
- Mood
- surreal, kitschy, quietly subversive
- Palette
- pale pink, soft yellow, mint green, pale blue
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