It is the Emilia series of Finland's leading tableware manufacturer ARABIA. Emilia is Raijah Uosikkinen's masterpiece and is said to depict the ideal American life. Emilia is the name of Raiya's aunt who lived in the United States. It depicts an elegant afternoon sitting in a rocking chair, drinking coffee with a cat on your lap. It will be a canister (storage container) that conveys the scenery with black and white stippling.
Details Manufacturer: ARABIA/Arabic Form Design: Kaj Franck/Kai Franck Pattern Design: Raija Uosikkinen Age: 1957-1966 Condition: ★★★★☆ (4.5: Very Good Condition)
Although it is a dead stock product, there is a thin chip of less than 1 mm in one place on the hill. Other than that, there are scratches near the cat picture on the surface, but there are no cutlery marks and no signs of use.
About Kai Frank
Kaj Franck, 1911-1989 )
Born in Vyborg, Russia. In 1945, he became head of the manufacturing department of Arabia. Also same year. He is also a professor at the Aalto University Faculty of Art, Finland's premier art university. In 2011, a commemorative coin was issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth.
■ About Laija Uosikkinen
Raja Uosikkinen ( Raija Uosikkinen, 1923-2004 )
Born in Holoran, a town in southern Finland. in 1947 After graduating from the Faculty of Arts at Aalto University, he joined Arabia. For 40 years until 1986, he worked as an exclusive designer for Arabia, and was in charge of the design of the Emilia series and Kalevala earplates that are manufactured every year during the Christmas season. He often collaborated with Kaj Franck, and basically Kaj Franck provided the form of the product and Uosikkinen provided the design. Her representative work, Emilia, is said to depict the ideal American lifestyle, and there was also an aspect of her admiration for the life in a distant country that was isolated from the life in Northern Europe.
