{"id":663,"date":"2007-08-17T07:30:23","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T07:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/other\/tableware\/herend%e2%80%99s-enchanting-new-kimono-service"},"modified":"2007-07-06T11:13:58","modified_gmt":"2007-07-06T11:13:58","slug":"herend%e2%80%99s-enchanting-new-kimono-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/other\/tableware\/herend%e2%80%99s-enchanting-new-kimono-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Herend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Enchanting New Kimono Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/images\/herend\/kimono.jpg\" \/>The new Kimono service from Herend is a fine example of Japanese minimalism and symbolises the relationship between the distant island nation and European art.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nThe service includes six kimono-clad figures, women combing their hair or holding a parasol, samurais and couples; the asymmetrically positioned human characters have been painted with thick contours and strong, calligraphic brush strokes.<\/p>\n<p>The human figures are complimented by the shadows of irregularly shaped trees, birds, fish and dragons; the various motif elements are grouped and appear in different ways on the assorted pieces, some of which have a gold rim decorated with silhouettes of black butterflies and plants.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nThe skilled craftsmen at Herend paint everything by hand.<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nRetail price for a teacup and saucer is \u00c2\u00a396 and a teapot \u00c2\u00a3175.00.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.herend.com\/\">http:\/\/www.herend.com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tel:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 (020) 7751 4199<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Kimono service from Herend is a fine example of Japanese minimalism and symbolises the relationship between the distant island nation and European art. \u00c2\u00a0 The service includes six kimono-clad figures, women combing their hair or holding a parasol, samurais and couples; the asymmetrically positioned human characters have been painted with thick contours and strong, calligraphic brush strokes. The human figures are complimented by the shadows of irregularly shaped trees, birds, fish and dragons; the various motif elements are grouped and appear in different ways on the assorted pieces, some of which have a gold rim decorated with silhouettes &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/other\/tableware\/herend%e2%80%99s-enchanting-new-kimono-service\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[206],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ukhomeideas.co.uk\/ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}