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With Balleri, Rita, Biancalana, Alessandro, d'Agliano Andreina, and Rucellai, Oliva, ‘Amici di Doccia Quaderni, - The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection’ numero VII - 2013, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, 2014","id":"AUTH332410"},"details":"p. 126, Cat. 116","free":"116. Ulpia tea set\r\n1954\r\nGiovanni Gariboldi (1908-1971)for Richard-Ginori\r\nporcelain decorated in monochrome red\r\nteapot h 12,5; creamer h 14; sugar bowl diam. 10\r\ncm; tea cup diam. 9,5 cm; saucer diam. 14 cm\r\non the back a blue crown; in black/Richard-Ginori;\r\nin blue/ Made in Italy\r\ninv. CIRC.150 to C.153A-1960\r\ngift: Società Ceramica Richard-Ginori\r\n\r\nThe Ulpia tea set was presented at the tenth Triennale in Milan in 1954 together with the Donatella coffee set (cat. 117) and other new creations by the same designer who was at the time the artistic director at Richard-Ginori. The fluid, aerodynamic shape is the main characteristic of this model which aims at combining formal elegance and fashionable style. The jury at the Triennale awarded Gariboldi an honourable mention for another set, called Adriana, which was inspired by the same basic principles perhaps because they felt that Ulpia indulged excessively in the aesthetic. It is interesting, however, to note that Richard-Ginori decided to manufacture Donatella and Ulpia and left Adriana in the limbo of prototypes. The technical drawings of Ulpia and its variation, Ofelia are in the archives of the Museo di Doccia (RUCELLAI 2007, p. 74-75). The bright red colour highlights the modern lines of the shape but the set was also available in the pastel colours that were more usual for the porcelain designed by Gariboldi in the 1930s and 1940s; a version in grey is in the Museo di Doccia (CEFARIELLO GROSSO 1988, p. 198-199, fig. 196, cat. 110 and CAVAGNA DI GUALDANA 2010, p. 162-163), and a sea green version is in the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza (inv. 7152-7157). Another example in red is in the Museo Civico della Ceramica di Nove (L. 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