Monet Porcelain Dinnerware

Claude Monet, the painter, in 1898, designed a porcelain dinner service for his own use in his house at Giverny. Monet painted a simple white plate by hand with a blue edge and a yellow rim. This has evolved into the classic Monet dinnerware popular throughout the world. The original design was made by the now extinct companies of Godin and Arhendfeld

In 1978, Mr Van der Kempf, curator of the Foundation Claude Monet, requested that Robert Haviland & C. Parlon, the world renowned Limoges porcelain dinnerware manufacturer, recreate, from some pieces of the original dinner set that had been found in the attic of Monet's house in Giverny, a dinner service true to its original shape, pattern, and colors.

The Monet dinner service is now one of the most popular designs in the Haviland Parlon portfolio and is exclusive to the company.