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Vintage Brabantia storage tin, design Patrice van Uden

SKU: 1273

Vintage Brabantia storage tin, design Patrice van Uden

  • Manufacturer: brabantia 
  • Manufacturing date: 1970​s

Nice original vintage storage tin made by Brabantia with the famous floral design pattern known as 'Patrice'.

Description
The popular Patrice design by Patrice van Uden was first introduced by Brabantia in 1970. This design is one of the most recognizable ones, because of its brown and cyclamen colored flowers on an orange background.

The "flower element" was first cut out of paper and then assembled, after which a screen print in two colors was made for the "traditional appearance" of the pattern. The design became one of the most popular Brabantia designs ever. It is still used in many Dutch households.

Condition
This storage tin from Brabantia is in an original vintage condition with age-related traces of use and wear.

Dimensions

  • Height: 29.5 cm.
  • Diameter: 21.5 cm.

Brabantia is a privately owned Dutch company which manufactures items for the home such as waste bins, laundry racks, food storage containers and other products.

The company was founded in 1919 in Aalst, Netherlands, under the name of Elderen & Co, a company specializing in sheet metal fabrication. The name Brabantia is derived from the province of Aalst, North Brabant, and was an early Van Elderen trade name.

Brabantia offers a range of some 500 houseware products in five core categories: waste storage, food storage, food preparation, laundry care and hardware, which includes mailboxes and bathroom accessories. Since 1919, the company has grown and now has four production units employing 1,000 employees across 85 countries. It has an annual turnover of around £ 80 million.

Still using steel as its prime manufacturing material, as well as a variety of high-grade plastics, products in the Netherlands, Belgium, Latvia and China, as well as assembly and finishing plants in Nailsea in the Netherlands UK.

The company has wholly-owned subsidiaries in all key European markets including the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Italy and the United States with an export department covering other world markets.

The company markets its products on the basis of their supposed toughness and durability. According to its mission statement, it aims to develop products that are "Designed for Living".


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