table setting featuring edith heath, 1971

i eat off my edith heath plates each and every day. i have been collecting them for years. i mix it up both old and new. every time i am in sausalito i have to visit her studio and store. i suggest you pay a visit too and make sure you take the tour (you might want to call ahead first for details).

edith passed away late last year at the age of 93. fortunately her company still continues today. there is even a new book on edith that's just about to be published.

pictured here are edith heath trenchers (that's those bowls with handles), dinner and salad plates all in the beachstone pattern. the casserole dish is by roland shutt and the walnut & aluminum table is by dana r. hoffman.

(from pasadena art museum's "california design eleven", 1971)

Comments

[lena]

i love this photo! it reminds me of the park near my house, which is covered with ginkgo leaves like this right now. love the dishes too, of course!