bird gift : Clarice Cliff

The shapes from 1929 onwards took on a more 'Moderne' influence, often angular and geometric, and some are what was to be later termed Art Deco. Abstract and cubist patterns appeared on these shapes, such as the 1929 Ravel (seen on Cliff's .... Cliff devised many ways of marketing these; in-store painting demonstrations, for which Cliff chose just the prettiest of her paintresses and most famously she and Shorter had the idea to actually pay major 1930s celebrities to ...