Franz Collection Debuts Summer 2009 Product Introductions
San Francisco, CA – Franz Porcelain, a world-renowned manufacturer of luxury porcelain designs, continues to build upon its established repertoire with its latest summer 2009 product introductions, comprised of more than 50 new products. The décor unveiling includes a combination of elaborate line extensions and new exquisite collections. These striking products feature traditional Chinese charm, combined with styling inspired by classic Art Nouveau designs, which has vastly become the signature look of Franz products.
The Underglazed Hand-Painted Vase Collection is one of the latest collection debuts for Franz. While all of Franz’s products are hand-painted, this new hand-painted collection is crafted by artists at the design studio, using multiple individual brushes. The variety of delicate brushes used allows Franz artists to bring the pieces to life with exquisite details including delicately textured flower petals and finely veined leaves.
The new line shows subtle gradations and perfect presentation of colors only found in such hand-painted artwork. This distinctive artwork combines Franz three-dimensional relief, bringing out well-defined shades and realistic textures and designs.
The underglazed vases feature attractive color palettes and delicate flower designs, such as red tulips, both royal blue and vibrant peacock irises, soft calla lilies and delightfully colored anemones. The vases’ sophisticated, yet practical look allows for versatile use in both casual and formal environments, adding an eye-catching element to any tabletop or shelf.
Franz is continuing to build its presence in the holiday genre with the new Holiday Greetings Collection and Holiday Beginnings and Holiday ClassicsCollection line expansions. Each jovial collection features pieces highlighting iconic symbols of winter.
Holiday Greetings, the largest of the ornament debuts, features five finely detailed ornaments. Many of the pieces in this collection are colored in clean, soft, tones of white, grey and brown. The collections’ ornaments include a Christmas tree with snow and decoration detail, a whimsical fawn, sitting penguin, playful polar bear and a happy snowman.
In addition to Holiday Greetings, Franz has extended two of its other vastly popular holiday collections, Holiday Beginnings and Holiday Classics. The Holiday Beginnings Collection’s new ornament features a chickadee, which has appeared in other admired Franz designs. The Holiday Classics Collection uses a holiday season staple, the poinsettia flower, as its theme for the collections exceptionally designed pieces. The new poinsettia ornament features the flower’s signature holiday colors including, deep green, rich red and soft yellow.
Franz has extended its award-winning Kathy Ireland Home by Franz™ Collection to include two new lines “Lotus Harmony,” a seven-piece set, featuring sprawling lotus flower detail using a green, pink and soft blue color palette, and “Dolphin Splash,” a nine piece set, boasting designs created to give the look of dolphins swimming amongst stunning waves.
Additionally, expansions have been made to the ever popular “Forever Wedding Butterfly” and “Luminescence Peacock” lines. The “Forever Wedding Butterfly” line is extensively decorated with colorful butterflies and petite blue flowers, while the “Luminescence Peacock” line provides an heirloom feel with a classic charm, showcasing bold orange, blue and green colors and charming peacock accents.
Franz has also introduced the seven-piece Floral Bouquet Collection. The collection includes both functional and home décor items, such as a cup and saucer set, stirring spoon and vase. Each detailed porcelain piece is laden in deep purple flowers and offers a burst of bright color with the flower’s bold yellow stigma.
The Franz summer 2009 debuts also include the Florissima Vase Collection. This new breathtaking collection is made-up of two brilliantly detailed vases. Both vases are festooned with shades of sharp pink, green and yellow. Each of the Florissima pieces is accented with a different type of flower, daffodil or clematis, and offers a romantic feel.
In addition, Franz has added one new vase to its Designer Gallery Collection, a limited edition collection of 2,000 pieces. The graceful vase, adorned in beauty dog rose flowers, exudes elegance with its sleek shape, rich detail and lovely pink, green and yellow colors.
Following the tremendous success of Franz porcelain, a new line of fashion accessories by Franz was unveiled in spring 2004. The collection was inspired by delicate curves, intricate details and the fabulous colors of Franz porcelain. The latest necklace and earring introductions feature an angel fish, rainforest frog and floral designs including pansies, azaleas, and anemones.
Items from Franz Collection can be seen at all major and regional gift and home décor markets, including the firm’s corporate showroom at World Market Center Last Vegas, Building C, Suite 601. More than one dozen highly-respected sales organizations represent Franz Collection at these markets and in territories throughout the United States.
For more information about Franz Collection or the firm’s summer 2009 introductions, contact the company at 847.364.6540 or info@franzcollection.com, or visit the web site at www.franzcollection.com.
About Franz Collection, Inc.:
Founded in June 2002, Franz Collection Inc. is headquartered in downtown San Francisco. The company designs, creates and markets a variety of functional decorative accessories including porcelain tabletop, vases and decorative accents, as well as an exquisite jewelry line. Items by Franz Collection Inc. are sold in the U.S. to gift, specialty, decorative accessory and specialty department stores. Products arrive in individual gift boxes and retail from $15.00 for porcelain spoons to $500 and more for limited edition Designer Gallery items.
