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"Wall plates", when the plate becomes the wall

"Wall plates", when the plate becomes the wall

Olivier Waché | 1/17/23
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Is the wall plate a thing of the past? These creations are enough to convince you otherwise. And they might just make you want to change your decor...

Some people throw plates at each other... and others prefer to hang them on the walls! You might think that the idea of displaying one's most beautiful pieces and making them part of one's decor comes from our grandparents, but it goes back much further. In the 18th century, the rise of ceramics led to the democratization of the plate, which no longer had to be made of wood or metal. In keeping with new culinary customs, it became an everyday object, spreading to all levels of society.

But it also became a decorative object. Models multiplied, as did ornamentation: bucolic designs, inspired by nature, playlets... The plate was also an object of reward or position-taking, for example with revolutionary decorations, between the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries. And, between two uses, they are displayed or hung.

Once shelved, plates are now back on our walls and enjoying a new lease of life. Now known as "wall plates", they adorn spaces, combined by size (single or variegated), by color (monochrome or variegated), by motif... Artists use them as a medium of expression, and motifs spill over to cover an entire series. Creativity is once again the order of the day, allowing everyone to find the style that suits them, without fear of looking like a has-been!

  • Casual at Non Sans Raison

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The publishing house Non Sans Raison has restored the art of the wall plate to its former glory. Its compositions are both original and free-spirited, like "The Coco Wall Plates", its first wall-mounted china cabinet designed by Brazilian artist Paula Juchem. Non Sans Raison has developed a magnetic hanging system for easy installation. The company has also given a "white plate" to other designers: Claire Brewster with "The Free Bird", Étienne Bardelli, aka Akroe, with "Barillet", Pierre-Charles Jacquemin with "The Space Oddity" and Jeykill with "The Genesis".

  • Sophia Enjoy Thinking's antique inspirations

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This decorating brand specializes in objects and accessories celebrating Greek art and culture. Its trademark? Diverting the codes of these classics to transpose them into a contemporary vision. Thus, statuettes, candles and other decorative elements adopt bright colors, shapes and motifs inspired by antiquity. It's hardly surprising, then, to find in this range wall plates bearing the faces of the goddesses Venus, Artemis or Niké... A touch of charm with a sense of humor.

  • J.L Coquet's musical tribute

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You can be a house that's almost two hundred years old and still be of its time! J.L Coquet proves it with an ultra-rock version of its famous "Hémisphère" collection. The porcelain manufacturer is offering a boxed set of four plates in the colors of the Rolling Stones, in honor of the band's 60th anniversary. Two dinner plates and two dessert plates feature the covers of the Sticky Fingers and Some Girls albums. For the occasion, 1962 boxed sets have been produced, echoing the year of the Rolling Stones' birth, and sold out during a flash sale.

  • Fornasetti's creative genius

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Iconoclastic and inseparable from Italian design, Fornasetti's universe reflects the genius of its creator, Piero Fornasetti. Fascinated by the opera singer Lina Cavalieri, the artist was inspired by her and has multiplied his creations in her likeness, in a wide range of media. The soprano's face, in turn astonishing, funny, poetic or touching, can be seen on the brand's plates. But Fornasetti also knows how to surprise with other motifs, drawn from fauna or flora, anatomy...

  • The beautiful association between Ligne Roset and Maison Le Loup

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Maison Le Loup is well known for its furniture, notably sofas, tables and sideboards created by great names in design and architecture, such as Michel Ducaroy and Jean-Luc Fornasetti.architecture, such as Michel Ducaroy and his famous "Togo", Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Inga Sempé, Philippe Nigro or, more recently, Sebastian Herkner. But Ligne Roset also offers accessories, such as this composition of 12 plates in stoneware and porcelain. Named "Au Cœur de la Ville - Maison Le Loup", the inspiration for this composition comes from the city of Lyon, and offers a beautiful urban puzzle.

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