Embroidered Tablecloth
- Year: 1999
- Material: Linen, cotton, earthenware
- Dimensions: 80 x 120 cm
- Commission: Initiated by the designer
- Production: Jongeriuslab
- Category: Limited edition
- Collection: Textielmuseum Tilburg, Stedelijk Museum ’s Hertogenbosch, FNAC, Puteaux, Musée de Rochechouart, FRAC, Dunkerque, Art Institute of Chicago, Musée des Arts decoratifs / Bordeaux, private collections, collection of the designer
Decoration is reintroduced as a meaningful component in design. The merging of plate and cloth, which results from the embroidery, distorts the functionality of both items and can be considered a comment on the link between functional objects and compulsory conventions (eating). The patterns of the flower and the dragon are inspired by 14th- and 15th-century Ming vases in the Museum Het Princessehof in Leeuwarden.