STYLE: Fine China
Style trends in home accessories
Tracy Bulla -- Home Accents Today, 11/1/2009
This season, an ode to china celebrates both the birthplace of porcelain and the classical designs that created an art form. Modern offerings play on ancient, traditional porcelain shapes — like urns, temple jars and tea caddies — for a delightful dash of wit.
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Port 68's dragon-emblazoned garden stool borrows from the refined shape of a classic temple jar, minus the general's hat ($250). |
Based on an original watercolor by Anne Croy, W. King Ambler's exclusive giclee references traditional Chinese porcelain with a koi- and lotus-embellished urn ($540). |
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Pierre Frey offers up a triple serving of tea with the silk Tea Caddy pillow, framing exquisitely decorative jars with scalloped trim ($233). |
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Miniature, hand-painted jars add a stylized sense of wit to Bungalow 5's generously curved, high-fired porcelain temple jar ($338). |
The dramatic Alessa lamp from Arteriors juxtaposes crisp diamond shapes against lavish, ink-dark swirls for grand, eye-popping contrast ($379). |
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Inspired by a book on Chinese porcelains, Thomas O'Brien lines up oversized vases on stands in a modern, fun rendering with a certain tongue-in-cheek elegance from Safavieh Couture ($3,675, 6×9). |
All prices are suggested retail.
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