J Palin Thorley: Modernism and the Colonial Revival in Pottery August 12, 2008

A master of variety, J. Palin Thorley created avant-garde modern serving sets as well as traditional Colonial Revival-style tablewares. Over 150 examples of Thorley's work on display, accompanied by magazine advertisements that span his career from the 1920s through the 1970s, offer a lively, personal story about the twentieth-century dining room table in America.