Jardinière
The Jardinière ( fr . : gardener ) is a flower container. In the 19th century , it was usually a three-legged piece of furniture made of wood or metal in the form of a stand or frame with an inlaid shell, as part of the inventory of bourgeois apartments. Until the turn of the century, the decoration consisted of dried plants and artificial flowers (" Makart bouquet" ), but since Art Nouveau these have been increasingly replaced by natural flowers.
The centerpiece , the representative, monumental, towering showpiece in the middle of the festive table, was replaced with the reform movement around 1900 by a flat, elongated-oval bowl, which has since also been called a jardinière and is intended for a arrangement of fresh flowers. It is often made of silver or silver-plated metal and has an insert made of base material.
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- Jardinière in Meyers Großer Konversations-Lexikon. Full text: "(French, spr. Schardinjǟr '," gardener "), small flower tables or ornate basin-shaped vases intended to hold flowers or plants [199] made of porcelain, faience, silver, alfenide, bronze, Cuivre poli. - In culinary art, à la j means. the garnish with all kinds of vegetables; Soup à la j., Meat broth with cut vegetables: green peas, cauliflower, carrots etc. "
- Jardinière in Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon 1911. Full text: “Jardinière (French, spr. Schardinĭähr, ie gardener), oval, often richly decorated bowl made of porcelain or precious metal to fill with living flowers [Fig. 872]; à la J., garnish of cooked vegetables to decorate larger pieces of meat. "
- Herder Konversationslexikon , Freiburg 1905, Vol. 4, keyword Jardin.
- Alfred Löhr: Bremer Silber , exhibition catalog Focke-Museum Bremen, Bremen 1981, pp. 179, 183–185.
