Tue 22 Apr 2008
In response to customer interest in the tablecloth under the Fiesta and Bauer on the Wakefield table in DiSH’s front window, more were ordered from Xochi. Made in India of 100% cotton, they complement a variety of colorware. Sizes include 60×60 ($45), 60×80 ($55), and a special 70″ round with yellow and apple green design ($50). You’ll receive a 10% discount if you purchase one of these special tablecloths before May 1.
Sat 19 Apr 2008
Cecilia Gray and Lee Anderson, both retired Sac State professors, recently opened Dish: The Shop on Riverside in the Land Park area.
“One of our goals is to create an environment where people can see, touch, learn about and purchase objects from what we feel is the Golden Age of American Design—1930s through the 1950s,” explains Anderson. “During the 1960s, the American industrial economy began to shift from the U.S. to other countries. With that shift came a drastic change in the American design aesthetic.”
Click here to view the entire story as a PDF file.
Wed 12 Mar 2008
Sat 16 Feb 2008
It’s unsettling to see the dishes from your college home economics class on display at a vintage dish shop.
It’s amazing that anyone considered the 40-year-old dishes valuable enough to save them from the Dumpster. Two former professors at California State University, Sacramento, gave the set a reprieve, adding them to their personal collections of retro dishware and small appliances. Now they are regally displayed at a new shop, Dish: The Shop on Riverside, in Land Park. Part museum and part retail space, the shop features dishware and other small items from the 1920s through the ’50s.
“It’s all from an era before planned obsolescence,” says Lee Anderson, one of the shop owners. He is a retired chairman of the design department at CSUS.
“I started collecting in the ’60s,” he says. “Back then we spent weekends doing what we called ’saleing’ – shopping yard sales. I started picking up interesting period pieces that were all made in the U.S. – things like old toasters and Fiesta (ware). I just liked the shapes and the colors.”
Click here to read the full story: http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/714056.html
Tue 15 Jan 2008
The impetus for opening DiSh started with a love of “functional art” during the classic period of American design dating from the early1930’s through the 1950’s. During the 1960’s the American industrial economy began to shift from the U.S. to other countries – with that shift came a drastic change in the American design aesthetic. DISH focuses on utilitarian objects made in the US from 1900 to 1959, with a special emphasis on the Golden Age of American Design.
DiSH has several different dimensions. It’s a gift shop offering a wide selection of vintage objects. The emphasis is on items related to dining, including glassware, barware, dinnerware, appliances and accessories. DiSh is also a museum – representative examples of American design from the 1st half of the 20th Century are on permanent display offering a chronological survey of the evolution of U.S. design. DiSh is also a gallery – local artists and design related exhibits are featured regularly. Finally DiSH is a chocolate shop – three of the best regional chocolatiers are featured: XOX Truffles from San Francisco, Capital Confections from Sacramento, and Le Elegance from Davis.
Mon 14 Jan 2008
Check out the very kind write up Ann Martin Rolke did on the shop: http://www.sacatomato.com/2007/12/the_dish_on_dish.html
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