| When Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg was established, cut flowers as table decorations were frowned upon because they could wilt during the meal. Instead of genuine bouquets, the designs of the time, such as the CUMBERLAND service, came with lavish floral paintings. In addition, modelling natures blossoms from porcelain by hand also commenced at a very early stage. To this day, table flowers are shaped at Nymphenburg using 250-year old archive samples. Each petal, each filament, each delicate stem must be attached by hand in the manufactorys modelling shop. Hand-made from wafer-thin porcelain, each flower is unique. |
