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The Bold Art Deco Design of Clarice Cliff

When Clarice Cliff (1899-1972) was 13, she was sent to work as a decorating apprentice at the potteries in her hometown of Tunstall in Stoke-on-Trent, one of England’s hubs for ceramic production.

The talented and ambitious Cliffsoon proved that she was no typical factory girl. Through her colorfully eccentric work, she blazed

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