A vase changes a room faster than almost anything else in it, which is why shape matters here more than size. The assortment runs from ceramic to sculptural paper, in silhouettes that read as objects rather than containers: stacked olives, a canned oyster tin, a book spine, a nautical buoy column.
Bud vases are where most people start, and where this collection goes deepest. A bud vase holds one or two stems, which makes it the least demanding piece in the house: a single ranunculus from the corner market, a sprig of eucalyptus, one garden rose. Group three or five down the center of a table and you have a centerpiece without a florist. Ours are small enough for a place setting and quiet enough to leave out between occasions.
Ceramic vases bring the weight and glaze that make an arrangement look considered, and they take daily water changes in stride. Paper vases do the opposite job, light and graphic, for a party table you are styling for a single night.
For the table around them, see our candles and candle holders and kitchen and entertaining collections.
