#EG15 Ivory European Water Lily
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When my sister called to tell me she'd bought me a ceramic flower from some company called Chive, I pictured one of those tacky yard ornaments our grandmother used to collect – the kind that attracted both mosquitoes and neighborhood ridicule.
'It's for your wall,' she said, as if that made it better. I imagined a porcelain disaster that would make my Paris apartment look like a retirement home in Tampa. But then it arrived in this impossibly elegant box, like something you'd get from Hermès if Hermès sold giant flowers instead of scarves. The bloom itself was white, the sort of pristine white that makes you nervous to touch it with human hands. It had the scale of something Alice might encounter after drinking the wrong potion in Wonderland.
'It's been their thing for a decade,' she told me later, clearly pleased with herself. 'Chive, I mean. They're like the Picasso of ceramic wall flowers, if Picasso had better taste and a gift-wrapping department.' I hung it above my sofa, where it catches the afternoon light in a way that makes my French neighbors pause on their way up the stairs. 'C'est très chic,' they say, and for once, they're not being ironic. Though I still catch them staring at it through my windows, which I choose to take as a compliment.
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Product Detail
- Year Designed: 2023
- Material: Ceramic
- Finish: Glazed
- Keyhole for Wall Hanging
Curated collection
One glances at ceramic flowers and the mind starts spinning like a deranged mathematician at a pottery sale. Thirty-one million possibilities lurk in those delicate petals - enough combinations to drive even the most dedicated decorator to drink. Through countless installations, watching clients wobble between choices while clutching paint swatches and muttering about feng shui, certain arrangements have emerged as clear winners. Here they are, tested and proven, saving countless hours of existential design crisis.
Chive’s Pretty Little Book of Flowers — the cutest catalogue you didn’t know you needed (but totally do). This petite powerhouse is packed with full-color photos of every single ceramic flower ever designed by Chive. Yup, the whole blooming bunch!
Whether you're a longtime fan of Chive’s quirky floral creations or just love anything that makes your home look a little more joyful, this pretty little book is pure eye candy. Flip through pages of vibrant ceramic flowers — from bold statement blooms to soft, delicate petals — and fall in love all over again (or for the first time).
Looks Great on Tables
Originally destined for tabletops, fate intervened when two domestic goddesses - Oprah and Martha themselves - declared these babies belonged on walls. Who could argue with that kind of decorating royalty?
Pretty Boxes
Each delicate ceramic blossom nestles in a box worthy of its artistry, wrapped with the kind of care that makes gift-givers beam with pride. Making others look thoughtful comes naturally around here.
Can be Used on a Wall
One discovers the most elegant of solutions: a humble keyhole adorns the reverse, yearning for nothing more than a single screw. Into drywall it slides, defying both gravity and common sense. Voilà - sweet victory.
Pretty Flowers in Pretty Boxes
After eleven years of toiling, arranging, and obsessing over more than a hundred varieties of flowers, one learns that the postal service harbors a peculiar vendetta against beauty. Like a jealous god waiting to smite anything delicate or refined. But victory comes in the form of sturdy, elegant boxes - the kind that make a recipient feel like royalty, while secretly being fortress-strong enough to survive even the most spiteful mail handler's wrath.
Endless Combinations
One might imagine the English Garden ceramic flower collection emerged from some divine intervention, each piece destined to complement another like arranged marriages in a Jane Austen novel. The designers, those smug bastards, eliminated all possibility of aesthetic disaster. What generous gods, taking away the burden of poor taste. But now comes the true hell: drowning in an ocean of endless perfection, where every choice leads to another equally magnificent possibility. Standing there, paralyzed by beauty, cursing those clever devils who removed all traces of ugliness, leaving nothing but an endless maze of flawless combinations.
How to Hang
One discovers these flowers, each bearing a secret: a tiny keyhole nestled in the back, waiting for its destiny. The ritual feels almost predetermined - reaching into that dusty jar of orphaned screws, the ones squirreled away over countless home projects. Those odd bits of metal, collected like precious coins, finally finding their purpose. A quick twist of the drill, and there hangs beauty, supported by hardware whose previous life remains a mystery.
