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Lladró Comes of Age with Reinvention The lanky, lyrical slice-of-life porcelain figurines that became a signature look of Lladró – and status trophies on the shelves of fine households around the world – have given way to edgier yet exquisite designs over the past decade. The acclaimed manufacturer of porcelain art, which this past year celebrated 60 years since its founding in Valencia, Spain, has undergone a complete image transformation. Its reinvention is fully evident with a visit to the company’s showroom on the 17th floor.
Naturofantastic Collection
“Moving into the showroom at Forty One Madison has given us the opportunity
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to present our functional beauty in addition to our decorative creations,” said Linda Babio, Lladró USA national sales director. “We are an eclectic global brand practicing the challenging art of balancing tradition and innovation, and to achieve this we recognize that the common thread between these dual positions is the artistry behind each of our handcrafted creations.” In addition to its showroom, the company also has a new flagship boutique on Madison Avenue at 52nd Street. Figurines do still figure prominently into Lladró’s product mix. But one can also find tabletop, mirrors, wall art and other decorative objets d’art. Museum-quality masterpieces are jaw-dropping: A frozen moment on a muddy racetrack, with colorfully dressed jockeys spurring their horses to the finish…an imagined ornamental barge with Cleopatra and her coterie crossing the Nile…otherworldly and mythical porcelain portrayals. These limited edition pieces, part of the company’s High Porcelain group, captivate with their painstaking details composed into grand-scale artwork. The workmanship is equally awesome on the wildly abstract Naturofantastic series, which features vases filled with highly graphic and colorful porcelain Polo Player
blooms. The Guest is a collection that surprises
with its cartoonish alien-like figure that several international avant-garde artists have been invited and given license to decorate. There’s wit and humor in these creatures. Testing the limits of porcelain design is a new lighting group, Belle de Nuit. A classic chandelier is instantly modernized by way of porcelain, arms, drops and dangles. It’s a look that pays homage to the colorful prismatic effects of traditional crystal styles. Even the lampshades are porcelainetched lithophanes imitative of fine fabric and with a translucency that allows a bulb to cast a magical candlelight glow. Lladró has come of age. While continuing to respect its origins and core consumer, the company also is clearly targeting a new generation of younger collectors with some very gutsy creations. On the cover: Belle de Nuit chandelier
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The Guest by Gary Baseman
PA R T Y
After-Hours Soirée Amazingly accommodating weather…tasty wines and spirits…delicious nibbles and bites… made for a hit celebration of Tabletop Market hosted by Forty One Madison.
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d ne Forden an e editors Dia Bridal Guid Mary Clarke.
The women-power of Macys.com—Angelina Hsing, Danielle Kaufman and Christine Baco—plus HauteLook’s Aaron Cunningham.
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SHOWROOMS
The Forty One Scene
The new Degrenne Paris showroom hosted several chef-restaurateurs during Market including acclaimed Scarpetta founder Scott Conant and his corporate chef de cuisine Nick Kennedy. The duo are flanked by Degrenne’s Jim Fagan and Terry Fouts. Dwight Bergmann of Anchor Hocking acquainted Elizabeth Coffing and Kasey Boudah of Bealls with the company’s latest additions.
Olivia Putman, who has designed a new collection for Philippe Deshoulières, with company president Cyrille Roze.
Michael Aram showed Nazig Bashkijian of Le Papillon, Los Angeles, one of his 25th anniversary commemorative sculptures, due to be available throughout 2014.
Fun was brewing in the Arc International showroom where guests could have a Guinness pilsner glass engraved with their name. Enjoying the occasion were Forty One Madison’s Bill Rudin, Laurie Burns and Arc’s Tom Moleski.
Sara DeVine of DeVine Corporation with Andrew Mandell and Michaela Andrade of Bergdorf Goodman.
At L’Objet, Elad Yifrach and Architectural Digest style editor Parker Bowie Larson.
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Brad Dulay of The Registry at Bloomingdale’s and Melissa Bandock of Martin’s Herend Imports got down to business.
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Richard Brinkman of Homer Laughlin chaired the meeting with Belk’s buying team.
Florian Marquardt of Fürstenberg with John Weeth and Gina Kwun of Gump’s.
Julia Watts welcomed Leigh Anna Perry from Palm Beach retailer Mary Mahoney.
Sal Gabbay of Gibson Overseas was overjoyed to be showing the French Bull line. Joining him were Lori Marten of Nordstrom, French Bull designer Jackie Shapiro and Tanner Moxcey of Nordstrom.
TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford was among the Lenox party guests hosted by Lester Gribetz to celebrate the DKNY collection.
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At Sango: Gregory Allgeyer of Macys.com and company evp Lance Wade.
Bloomingdale’s one and only Joe Laneve.
Leeda Marting of Charleston Gardens found the exact vase she wanted at Vetri delle Venezie and Orlando Gencarelli wrote up the order.
The contingent from Dallas-based retailer Dahlgren Duck & Associates – Allan, Amira and Shireen Duck – met at Hermès with Natalie Bottitta.
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Daniel Da Silva of Vista Alegre worked with Rebecca Reynolds of Gracious Home.
Waterford’s Lisa Delgado, national account manager, and Bloomingdale’s crystal buyer Richard Warner.
Interior designer Alessandra Branca at the launch of her Pickard China collection. Aerin Lauder was on hand for the celebration of her new namesake dinnerware collection from Lenox, along with the c-suite lineup of Lester Gribetz, Lou Scala and Peter Cameron.
Mark Chase and Kate Whitcomb of Target with Tzeng Shyng svp Kevin Newman.
A 41 App Ambassador helped Jorge Pérez download the newly created digital guide for navigating the Market.
Padma Lakshmi at the Prima showroom with retailer Teodoro Rodriguez of Casa Palacio, Mexico City.
Turpin Rosenthal of Waechtersbach USA with Elaine Berg of Wegmans Food Markets.
Mark O’Quinn of Stein Mart made the new Lee’s Group International showroom a stop on his buying trip, meeting with Jennifer Lindgren.
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D E S I G N E R D AY
Helping Interior Designers Discover Forty One Madison
Breakfast was served along with a generous helping of ideas on how interior designers can build their business when adding tabletop suggestions for client projects. Luxe Interiors + Design magazine editor-in-chief Pamela Jaccarino led the Interior Designer Day discussion, joined by Scott Sanders, who admitted his recent discovery of Forty One Madison and The New York Tabletop Market as a valuable trade resource. The two speakers also swapped observations on the latest trends—many which were reflected in the settings that Sanders created for the Lobby (pages 10-11). A few of their cited sightings: Mix It Up – Colored + clear glass or crystal; silver + gold + brass + platinum; pattern + pattern. Texture – Quilted and woven-like textile looks imitated in ceramic from Rosenthal meets Versace; architectural reliefs from L’Objet and Michael Wainwright; ribbed silver from Michael Aram. Matte Finishes – Olivia Putman’s designs for Philippe Deshoulières; the new “H-Art” gold satin flatware from Sambonet. High-Low – Mirroring a fashion trend of wearing a J Crew t-shirt, Hermès scarf and Coach bag, table settings are marrying Tiffany treasures with Crate & Barrel buys. Color – Blasts of hues not only in dinnerware but flatware and glassware seem to be an indicator that we want to be surrounded by more expressive, happier environments. French Bull from Gibson Overseas, Q Squared NYC’s rainbow assortment of flatware, and apple green barware from William Yeoward Crystal were among the standouts.
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D O E R ’ S
P R O F I L E
PROFILE
Georg Riedel A toast to Georg Riedel:
shape and size can
It’s a salute well-earned
be matched to a wine
for having introduced the
variety for the optimum
world to a greater appre-
taste experience. Vinum
ciation and enjoyment of
continues to be the
wine. The 10th generation
brand’s best-selling
of Austria’s crystal manu-
collection, and Georg
facturing dynasty, Georg
has had many other
joined the family business
career coups since. On
in 1973, and in 1986 he
the eve of his retirement,
and his father ushered in
with the 11th generation
a brilliant new concept
(son Maximilian and
and industry benchmark:
daughter Laetizia) taking
Vinum. This affordable
the reins, we lift our
series of machine-made
glasses (Riedel, of course)
fine crystal was designed
to this unparalleled
so that each stem
industry giant.
What china pattern/brand
What’s the last book you
do you use in your home?
read? The Billionaire & The
We have many different pat-
Mechanic (by Julian Guthrie).
terns – dozens – but favor French designs. The pattern we choose for
This is the story of how
realm of religion. And, of course, I would hope they like to drink and enjoy wine.
Oracle’s founder and yachtsman Larry Ellison teamed in 2000 with a car mechanic
a meal depends upon the season, what guests we are hosting, and the kind of
What’s the last gift you purchased for
to win The America’s Cup. Personally, I
mood or ambience we want to create.
someone, and the occasion? I like spon-
don’t own a boat, but my father sailed; and
taneous gift-giving – the kind of unexpected
I do love being out on the water.
What crystal pattern/brand do you use in your home? We use Riedel Sommeliers every day. It never breaks no matter how
surprise that produces a smile. Probably the last gifts I gave were a tie to my son and a pair of shoes to my daughter.
What do you have planned for retirement? Stay tuned.
frequently it’s handled. What is your favorite getaway destinaIf you could host a dinner party for six famous guests — living or dead — who would you invite? I’m not going to name names, but the type of guests I would want
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tion, and why? I look for solitude when I go away, and I prefer hiking – anywhere with a scenic view and preferably in a climate where I don’t need to wear gloves.
What one thing about you might surprise others to know? I’m a long-distance runner; have run 10 marathons, including the New York Marathon City eight times. And what I like most about this is not just that it
at the table would be great peacemakers
makes you feel good and healthy – but I
and those who have been influential in the
like that it requires a strategy to succeed.
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ICONIC DESIGNS
TABLE’S TOPS ICONIC DESIGNS OF THE DECADES
Flora Danica by Royal Copenhagen is steeped in history and has no equal: It is the ultimate in porcelain dinnerware. The factory had barely been in business 15 years
bisque, again after glazing, then after the hand-
and surface formed by the distinctive pierced
when, in 1790, Denmark’s King Christian VII
painting, and finally after gold details are applied.
border and serrated rim. A single dinner plate
commissioned it to create a porcelain service for his country to gift Russia’s Catherine the Great. His orders were that it be incomparably rare and breathtakingly beautiful to impress the empress — a porcelain aficionada with an
The name derives from a series of botany books featuring 3,060 color copper prints of every known flower and plant (herb, mushroom, etc.) that grows in Denmark. Of these, 1,802 were
typically takes about one month to complete, with nearly 30 sets of hands touching it as it’s produced; the level of workmanship explains the $2,150 price tag.
painstakingly transcribed for application to
The final affirmation that this is art: Each piece
Royal Copenhagen’s porcelain dinnerware set.
is signed on the back by the artist responsible
Catherine died before Flora Danica was
What is particularly mind-blowing is that it
for the floral, the artist who applied the
completed. But once the pattern was intro-
takes at least 7-10 years of training until an
gold trim, and identification of the floral in
duced to the world it forever became a revered
artist is considered skilled enough to hand-
calligraphic script.
masterpiece. And, to this date – regardless of
paint the floral onto the china – and that means
Flora Danica has proven itself a hardy breed
the industrialization and modernization that
replicate by freehand every minuscule detail. A
amid the crop of tabletop designs. Owned by
have benefitted porcelain manufacturing – each
second artist hand-applies the 24-karat gold
the likes of Sir Elton John and Martha Stewart,
piece continues to be completely hand-painted.
edging – no easy feat, either, since it must
it is perennially a source of revenue for
Uniquely, too, it goes through four firings: at
be meticulously brushed on to every crevice
Royal Copenhagen.
extensive collection.
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LOBBY
Through The Luxe Lens Luxe Interiors + Design asked interior designer Scott Sanders to bring his vision to the lobby settings. In teaming together, he and the magazine showed how tabletop can go beyond the table and into the décor of The American Home.
Luxe editor-in-chief Pamela Jaccarino and interior designer Scott Sanders.
A Breakfast Room Sanders advocates a breakfast table that awakens with splashes of color plus unexpected contrasts of materials, textures and pattern seasoned with a dash of wit. It was all achieved on this table with: “Toile Tale Teal” Scalamandré by Lenox dinnerware; Nambé “Yaro” wooden bowls and “Cradle” salt & pepper; Alain Saint-Joanis “Carla” wood & stainless flatware from Julia Watts; Sambonet Rosenthal footed fruit bowl; Wedgwood “Ashlar” teapot, cups & saucers; William Yeoward Crystal Amber tumblers; Michael Aram “Botanical Leaf ” salt & pepper, and “Mughal Garden Tea Set” sugar & creamer.
Scalamandré by Lenox
Nambé “Yaro”
Alain Saint-Joanis “Carla”
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Saint-Louis “Tommy”
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The Whiskey Bar A well-stocked bar not only requires the basic spirits and cocktail ingredients but also appropriate glassware, ice bucket, shaker and other serving needs. Cheers to the mixology that makes this setting so intoxicating: Saint-Louis Crystal “Tommy” decanter, martini shaker & shot glasses and “Manhattan” tumblers & highballs; William Yeoward Crystal “Vita” goblets & highballs in green; Rosenthal meets Versace “Nymph Amber” vase & ashtray; Puiforcat “Jacaranda” ice buckets & beaker, and tray.
L’Objet “Byzanteum”
Rosenthal meets Versace “Nymph Amber” William Yeoward Crystal “Vita”
Richard Ginori “Galli Rossi”
A Serve-Yourself Soirée
It’s time for simpler yet sophisticated entertaining. These are occasions for bringing the best to a table with beautiful china, crystal, fine silver and stellar serving pieces. For example: Richard Ginori “Galli Rossi” gravy boat, cache pot & open vegetable dish and “L’oro di Ginori” covered vegetable dish & pickle dish; Lladró “Parrot” light candlestick & star candlestick; Michael Aram “Mughal Garden” pitcher and “Boneware” hostess set; Odiot gold vermeil caviar server and Theresienthal green crystal candlesticks from Julia Watts; L’Objet “White & Black Swan” salt cellars & spoon, “Bamboo” bowl, “Byzanteum” 24k & platinum plates; Rosenthal “Persis” china; Sambonet “H-Art” gold satin flatware; William Yeoward Crystal “Bridget” bottle stand, “Vine” and “Oak” leaf dishes, “Vita” goblets in green, and “Atalanta” ribbed wine cooler. FORTY ONE MADISON
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A Foot Note
Note From Laurie The Fall 2013 New York Tabletop Market showcased this great industry’s innovations and its ability to evolve to meet the lifestyles of modern consumers. The strongest trends were the use of lots of gold and lots of color appearing in every material category. Celebrity-endorsed creations continue to be introduced and their lines extended. Introductions featuring whimsical motifs (i.e. mustaches, animals, etc.), and modernized and reinterpreted archive patterns were prevalent. The mixing of materials and patterns is on trend. Open kitchens demand oven-to-table cookware, and manufacturers are responding with products incorporating inspiration from classic dinnerware patterns. Brands addressed the outdoors lifestyle with easy-to-use products for cooking, eating and entertaining al fresco at all price points. Barware’s surge continues unabated.
Ultra-chic and comfortable footwear echoed the whimsical trends seen at the show.
The luxury market’s ever-evolving shopping habits are a challenge to traditional selling styles, and savvy retailers are evolving with their customers — they have to. Retailers were bullish on business, open to trying new introductions while carefully tracking inventory levels. Many were looking for diversification of product origin while being price-conscious. Be sure to download our new app for a complete list of all Forty One Madison showrooms and new brands! Instructions are on the website. Wishing you a successful year, and be prepared to meet your challenges with bold moves.
Laurie Burns
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