Set of 6 oval plates, Tera Tera pattern

Tera Tera: a pattern that covers the bride during wedding ceremonies.

On the oval plates, a black-and-white band of serrated shapes, like a woven strip, runs along the edge and extends into mustard yellow, green, and blue-grey stripes. At the bottom of the deep plates, an elephant is outlined, its silhouette filled with the same woven pattern. This set is our tribute to the iconic "Tera Tera" fabric.

▤ The history of the pattern

The Tera Tera pattern tells its story through its name and its context.

• Tera Tera (Niger, Djerma language): a pattern that covers the bride during wedding ceremonies.

✨ What the pattern tells

Tera Tera represents the protection and honor of the bride. It is given to surround a bride, to pay tribute to her and to express the protection that accompanies her.

Our reinterpretation

The black-and-white band and its mustard yellow, green, and blue-grey stripes run along the oval edge; the elephant takes up the same woven pattern at the bottom of the deep plates. The elephant follows our concept of silhouettes: a wax fabric from the catalog can be inlaid in the shadow of an animal, while the border pattern retains its atmosphere. The silhouette can be a child's favorite animal, an astrological sign, or a different animal for each family member. The plates are decorated to order in our workshop in Alfortville, with the pattern prepared, applied and glazed by hand before firing. The packaging box measures 31 × 31 × 10 cm.

At your table

At your table, the black-and-white band and the colored stripes are seen in soft light, on a plain tablecloth or a light wood table, for a family lunch or a dinner with friends. As a gift, the protection and honor of the bride make this pattern a choice related to a wedding or the circle of a young bride.

Features

• Contents: 6 plates of your choice: 2 large, 2 dessert and 2 deep, or 3 large and 3 dessert, at the same price.
• Colors: black, white, mustard yellow, green, blue-grey.
• Material: porcelain.
• Dimensions: large plate 27 × 22 cm, height 2.7 cm; dessert plate 22.5 × 18.4 cm, height 2.4 cm; oval deep plate approximately 20 × 14.5 cm, height 7.5 cm.
• Box: 1 box measuring 31 × 31 × 10 cm, approximately 3.5 kg.
• Personalization: pattern, colors, first name, date or message upon request; composition of your choice; other animal, astrological sign, or one animal per family member.
• In case of breakage: individual replacement possible, same pattern and same dimensions, as long as the shape remains in the catalog.

To surround a bride or give a pattern that expresses protection and honor, write to us to personalize your Tera Tera set.