"The Bath & Tennis Club Palm Beach Bone China Salad Plate"
$175
Sz: 8 1/8"D
Jackson China
*2 negligible scuff chips on underside rim*
In 1926 Joseph Urban designed the Bath and Tennis Club on today’s South Ocean Boulevard. The “B&T,” as much a social club as an athletic club, was originally open only in the winter and spring. Both Vanity Fair and Vogue used the Bath and Tennis as a backdrop for 1927 fashion layouts. Mrs. Edward F. Hutton (Marjorie Merriweather Post), who hired Urban to finish the design of her home, Mar-a-Lago, just across the street, enjoyed costume balls. The flamboyant Urban was an accomplished set designer and produced elaborate sets for parties at the Bath and Tennis Club that were sometimes recreated in New York for Post’s friends.