The tulip shown above is from my own garden. It
is a tulip that is infected with a virus. You can see this by the stripes. This
is a so called 'broken' tulip. I have put it in a vase, to prevent it infecting
the other tulips. Although it is ill, it still is beautiful. ...
During the Dutch Golden Age (17th century) the
price of tulip bulbs with a striped drawing as shown above reached extreme
heights. In 1637 these tulip bulbs could be sold for the price of an Amsterdam
canal house! In those days, if you could afford to buy yourselves tulips, of
course you wanted to show off with them as well.
For that reason the tulip vase has been designed.
These vases were commonly white with a Delft blue painting. To make an even bigger
impression, you should have a pyramid vase. These had several floors. At the Rijksmuseum
(Amsterdam) I even saw a pyramid tulip vase as tall as I am myself!
I'm not quite sure what to think about these tulip
vases. Are they pretty or pretty ugly? Anyhow, it is an easy vase for flower
arranging dummies. You simply put a flower in every sprout; job done it just cannot
go wrong!
However, this story of 17th century striped
tulips, ended up badly. After discovering that these bulbs were in effect infected
with a virus, they lost their value completely! The prices collapsed and many traders
went bankrupt.
However, the tulip vases remained. But I still
have not figured it out; do l like or dislike them?
I am still in doubt.
For sale, new tulip vases.
Tulip vases; they are as tall as I am! (The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.)
Impression of an old Dutch house. I saw this at Keukenhof.
This was a fashionable flower arrangement in the 17e century.
Can you imagine to buy one tulip bulb for the prise of a Amsterdam canal house?
Super deal!
My tulip vases at the kitchen table.
A flower arrangement for dummies. Put a flower in every sprout.
Forget-me-not and Ipheion. Tulip vases, not only for tulips!
All new followers a warm welcome.
Dear Hetty, I have "my problem" with tulips vases as well! I guess the smaller they are, the more I am able to like them. The really big ones, like the one in the museum, I appreciate as a piece of art, like a sculpture. But imagining tulips displayed in them, not so much.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I do like your modern white tulip vases, though! The organic shape makes for an interesting but not too stiff and formal display and a group of four changes the character of a tulip vase completely.
I enjoyed the info about tulips in general and seeing all the photos of the traditional blue and white tulip vases, great post!
Warm regards,
Christina
Dear Hetty
ReplyDeleteI love the colourful tulips!
But the vases take power from the tulips.
I love when tuilpan stalks winds
The last picture is delightful!!
Greetings
JetteMajken
Hetty, no, I can't say that I particularly care for the tulip vases. I had never seen them before, and I find the larger ones overwhelming.
ReplyDeleteHow was your garden visit?
Karen
It's the first time I see a tulip vase. The forget-me-nots are pretty and I like the tulip houses. xo
ReplyDeletePretty virus! Is'nt it how the "Rembrandt" tulips are made?
ReplyDeleteHai, I'm looking for the vase in the 4th picture (with undertitle: This was a fashionable flower arrangement in the 17e century.) Where did you see it? And was it for sale in the shop? Kind regards Rian
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