Gotham White Serving Bowl by Michael Aram

The Gotham Collection celebrates the ancient metalworking technique of forging. Utilized for generations by master craftsmen, this skill can only be taught through diligent apprenticeship with their predecessors. The intricate patterns are achieved by slowly heating sheets of metal and hand hammering them with different levels of pressure, creating unexpected surfaces with a gently gothic and brooding feeling. This texture is then married with clean, streamlined shapes. The result is a completely unique collection with a distant nod to the handsome and decisive lines of the industrial period of the 1930's.

• Michael Aram Fine Porcelain was designed to reflect the way we are entertaining today – incorporating ease and comfort without sacrificing grace and detail. It's about the casualization of formal and the formalization of casual. Constructed of bodies with exceptionally executed graphic details, the pieces remain sturdy enough to withstand everyday use. Each motif stands on its own but can also be combined with any or all of the texture patterns to create many variations of place settings. All the body shapes are exactly the same, so you can mix the plates any way you want and know they'll always look beautiful. The designs are also carefully managed to integrate perfectly with Michael's existing array of metal, glass, wood and stone serving and decorative objects. The result is an exquisite table every time you use them...casual when you want to be, more formal when the time is right...with motifs that go from two-dimensional expressions in the place settings to fully sculptural executions in the center of the table.
• Dimensions: 5.0625"H, 10" Dia.
• Materials: Porcelain
• Care: Dishwasher safe. Microwave safe. May also hand wash. As with all fine China, avoid hitting against other hard surfaces, particularly at the edges.