This ‘Flora and Fauna’ dinner service from de Gournay borrows its beautiful images of birds from the work of the renowned 19th century artists John Gould and John James Audubon. Painstakingly hand painted reproductions of wonderful birds walk, fly and swoop inside rims decorated with garlands of peonies, leaves and gold gilt. The design on every plate within a service is unique.
Bright florals morph into the lush vegetation of our hand painted ‘L’Eden’ wallcovering on a gold gilded paper. A wondrously ornate Patrick Mavros vase, alive with monkeys and crocodiles, sits alongside a hand painted de Gournay Punchbowl depicting an historic European scene of hunting.
The elongated proportions of the Famille Rose Cranes exaggerated by deep black plumage extending the length of their necks and wings, with bianco-sopra-bianco markings.