Product Description
Add a whimsical, history-inspired element to your home this summer with the Tropical Chinoiserie stoneware kitchen and tabletop collection! Each piece features colorful, hand-painted motifs of pagodas, mountains, exotic animals, and trees in soft pinks, greens, and blues. This spoon rest will look great on your kitchen countertop or on a buffet table at a summertime get-together. The body features pink palm trees, and the carved edges resemble bamboo, adding to the vintage charm. The spoon rest measures 10.6 inches long and 4 inches wide. It is made of dishwasher- and microwave-safe stoneware. Pair it with other Tropical Chinoiserie merchandise also sold in our shop to complete the look. Sold individually. Imported.
Inspiration
The Tropical Chinoiserie collection is inspired by the chinoiserie style, which European manufacturers developed as a lower-cost export for the American colonies. European manufacturers roughly copied designs from more refined, delicate Chinese originals. The imported pieces were popular in 18th-century Williamsburg, as shown by contemporary newspaper advertisements from merchants selling their wares. Colonial Williamsburg's collections include numerous examples of chinoiserie imports. Chinoiserie is more commonly rendered in blue; however, you can see examples of chinoiserie in different colors at the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.
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