Set of 6 square plates, Adire pattern, indigo blue and black colors

The deep blue of indigo, a color of prestige.

A vertical plum and indigo blue band crosses the square plate, illuminated by sky-blue and white radiating circles, like suns appearing on a tied and then dyed fabric. This is our tribute to the iconic "Indigo" fabric, a reinterpretation we have named "Adire" ("Adire" means "tie and dye" in Yoruba (Nigeria): it is the name of fabrics dyed in indigo using a resist technique).

💙 The story of the pattern

In Abeokuta, Nigeria, Yoruba women turned adire into an art: the fabric is tied, folded, or protected with cassava paste, then dipped in indigo, and white suns appear where the dye did not take.

• Adire (Nigeria, Yoruba): "tie and dye": fabrics dyed in indigo, whose patterns arise from the tied or protected parts.

✨ What the pattern tells

The deep blue of indigo is associated with prestige. The pattern also carries the know-how passed down from mother to daughter; to offer it is to make room for this memory at the table.

Our reinterpretation

On the square plate, the vertical plum and indigo blue band crosses the surface; the sky-blue and white radiating circles reprise the idea of the suns of the tied and then dyed fabric. Each plate is decorated to order in our workshop in Alfortville, pattern prepared, applied and glazed by hand before firing. The 31 × 31 × 10 cm box, approximately 3.5 kg, accompanies the set.

At your table

In the soft light of a summer dinner, a raw linen tablecloth, a few low candles and guests passing plates around allow the indigo blue and light circles to breathe. As a gift, this box is passed down as know-how from mother to daughter, around a table where the deep blue becomes a sign of prestige.

Characteristics

• Contents: 6 plates to choose from: 2 large, 2 dessert and 2 deep, or 3 large and 3 dessert, at the same price (the photos show the version with deep plates).
• Colors: plum, indigo blue, sky blue, white.
• Material: porcelain.
• Large plate: 26.7 × 26.7 cm, height 4 cm.
• Dessert plate: 20 × 20 cm, height 2.8 cm.
• Deep plate: 17.3 × 17.3 cm, height 5.5 cm.
• Box: 1 box of 31 × 31 × 10 cm, approximately 3.5 kg.
• Personalization: colors, addition of a first name, a date or a short message, and composition to choose from upon request.
• In case of breakage: replacement by the unit possible (same pattern, same dimensions), as long as the shape remains in the catalog.
• In the same pattern: glass bottle, box of 6 oval plates, speckled mug, breakfast box, box of 6 round plates, tea cup, coffee cup.

Write to us to personalize colors, first name, date or message: bring the blue of indigo and the gesture passed down from mother to daughter into your own table.