Flowing, Flow, or Flown Blue

Flowing Blue was first made in Staffordshire England about 1825. While cobalt blue underglaze could withstand the heat of the kilns, many glazes containing lead oxide provided characteristic flow blue wares its characteristic depth of color and brilliance.
The stone china base of Flowing, Flow, or Flown Blue differed from the soft-based pottery base lighter-toned china. The flowing color was produced by the reaction of volatile chlorides upon ceramic colors. The colors and designs are applied to the pottery surface are exposed to a chlorinated atmosphere in the kiln and the vapors cause the color to spread and blur--thus flow blue.
The design motifs and decoration found on various Flowing Blue patterns are inspired by oriental, Asian imagery, and Chinese designs or chinoiserie. By 1800, European subjects began to appear mixed with the Asian elements. The 1815 trade boom that resulted after the end of the Napoleonic Wars saw a new found popularity for European subjects on flow blue pieces. Views were taken from the popular books and topographical prints in the vedute or vista style of landscape imagery.

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Happy Mothers Day !!

I got lost in the shuffle ....

So Sorry I have been MIA !! Working on several projects and ashamed I left this one out !! I will be back in swing soon !!
xoxoox Linda Marie

My Love of Chenille !

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As a small child I remember laying across my mothers bed
and getting dot indentations...my arms , legs and face ..
from her Martha Washington Chenille Bedspread .
I loved it my mother still has that bedspread in the guest room .
Just as soft and beautiful 50+ years later.
Not really knowing the history of chenille .
I just really Love it all !!
Years later I am Blessed with the association of the of BLUE MOON CHENILLE ...

Something as special as this only comes along once in a Blue Moon .At the turn of the century, Georgia teenager Catherine Evans Whitener longed to give her brother something special for his wedding,so she handcrafted a bedspread decorated with soft cotton tufts,and chenille was born.By the 1940's everyone had bedspreads and bathrobes fashioned from the fabric (whose name comes from the French word for "hairy caterpillar"). Blue Moon has recreated this same cozy fabric.Many of the designs are exact replicas of pieces from the 30's and 40's and some are new patterns designed with the same great vintage look in mind.Cherished by all xoxo

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xoxoxo
Linda Marie