Vintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase Cheese Plates oyster aficionado Rowan Jacobsen takes

oyster aficionado Rowan Jacobsen takes readers on a delectable tour of the oysters of North America

and architects to highlight exquisite interiors designed by fashion designers

Pandan leaves meet pomegranate seeds

it is equally suited to rustic boards and refined tables

more suggestive than literal

Vintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase Cheese Plates oyster aficionado Rowan Jacobsen takesVintage 1950s Christofle Silver Plate Deux Poissons Vase. When Japan opened its doors to the West at the close of the nineteenth century, a fascination with the East began to shape European decorative arts for decades to come. In that spirit of Orientalism and in a richly naturalistic style, Christofle created this sculptural vase with two fish symmetrically intertwined, their bodies rising gracefully as they rest upon their tail flukes. The result is