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Different gold patterns are superimposed on bright single-colour background. The presence of gold is a common feature in the various collections, the element that defines their precious, exclusive nature
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Journey to Venice Textile designer Mariano Fortuny’s creations bring new life to the atmosphere and splendours of the lagoon city’s noble palaces by Marta Bernasconi
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[ MISE EN PLACE ]
n the one hand there’s L’Objet, a US tableware and home decor brand that combines luxury and functionality, creating collections with a modern aesthetic that embodies the values of older manufacturing traditions, and on the other we have Fortuny, the company that now transforms the creative genius that has shaped the heritage left by Mariano Fortuny, a cultured textile designer and stylist, into a line of lamps, clothing, accessories and furnishing objects. This intersection of two worlds has given rise to a tableware line by skilful artisans who have drawn on jealously conserved techniques. Interpreting a table that is synonymous with exclusivity, the L’Objet flatware collection comprises a series of articles in terracotta and metal. Their common trait lies in their decorative style – a brightly-coloured base acts as a background for sophisticated interwoven motifs inn 24K gold, applied in a series of manual passes. L’Objet also uses jewellery techniques in manufacturing its products, like some made-to-measure plaster moulds that are so elaborate that only fifteen pieces can be made from them. All this means that the brand is the perfect interpreter for Fortuny’s creations. Even Marcel Proust fell under their spell – in his work “A la recherche du temps perdu” he described a woman’s gown by the designer with a series of references to the most fascinating decorative characters of Venice. L’Objet presents an intensely evocative table collection that provides a contemporary reading of the style of a Venetian artist closely linked to the atmosphere and settings of a city that is itself a wonderful work of art.
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A set of four terracotta canape plates and cereal bowls from the L’Objet collection. As well offering a number of decorative combinations, this extensive range includes many tableware items
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