Bamboo Trellis Oval Planter

Chinese designs came to England and her colonies with the tea trade. In the 1760's Virginia's governor ordered "bamboo chairs" for this Williamsburg "palace". Williamsburg cabinetmaker Edmund Dickinson owned a copy of Chippendales Director, the most fashionable furniture pattern book of the 1750's and 1760's. When he died fighting for the American cause in the Revolution, his Director was worth as much as his "new rifle gun". The oval planter is scaled for multiple plants or fresh flowers. Accented with solid brass feet, the planter makes a grand statement on the sideboard or at the foot of the fireplace.