Two dinner plates "Riemerschmid". Richard Riemerschmid for Meissen. Around 1905- 1924. Richard Riemerschmid1868 Munich - 1957 ibid. Porcelain, glazed and painted in underglaze blue. Round, flat form, the outer flag slightly swinging up, regularly notched and with a dotted border in relief. Stylized leaf décor on the rim. Underneath the double cut sword mark in underglaze blue, the embossed bossing number and the painter's mark. Year of design: 1903-1905. Lit.: Winfried Nerdinger (Ed.): Richard Riemerschmid - Vom Jugendstil zum Werkbund. Works and Documents. Munich, 1982, p. 283, cat. No. 383 l, with illustration. The stand of a plate with tiny chips, the flag of that plate as well as the mirror with a total of three very small cut-outs in the glaze. Dimensions: D. 26 cm. Richard Riemerschmid 1868 Munich - 1957 ibid Visual designer, architect, co-founder of the reform style. Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1888-90. In 1900/01 he designed the Munich Schauspielhaus. In 1903-05 he led the master class for arts and crafts at the Bavarian Trade Museum in Nuremberg. 1907-13 overall planning of the development of the first German garden city Dresden-Hellerau, 1909-13 garden city Nuremberg. In 1907 he was one of the founders of the Deutscher Werkbund, 1921-26 its chairman. 1913-24 director of the Munich School of Arts and Crafts, appointed privy councillor. 1926-31 Director of the Cologne Werkschulen.