The Arabesque is an elaborative application of repeating geometric forms that often echo the forms of plants and animals – nature’s supreme mathematical code, a representation of infinity itself. With its radiant and boundless patterns – perhaps the most mathematically sophisticated patterns known to man – the Arabesque alludes to the divine, functioning in this collection as a continuum of visual and spiritual symbolism.
The Merdinger’s House of Design Arabesque Collection utilizes these universal forms to create elegant tableware products and gifts of enduring beauty, in an alluring merger of old and new, East and West, physical and spiritual.
Cutting-edge computer programs have captured the ancient form of Arabesque in binary codes, thereby fusing the old with the new. For the Arabesque Collection, mathematical grids were transformed into surfaces and then to matter using the most advanced technological tools.
Composed of the finest materials available, Merdinger's full tableware collection displays a cross-section of opulent metals, precious stones, porcelain and crystal:
- Metal: 18 Karat Gold and Titanium-fused plating on a composite of alloys. The Arabesque pattern on the metal artifacts is expressed by an inlay of black polymer.
- Porcelain (China): high-grade Gold embossed on ivory fine-bone China porcelain (close to 50% real animal bone ash).
- Stemware: Mouth-blown crystal that is both clear and free of lead toxicities.
An exceedingly strict quality control process determines only 10% of production as qualified to become Merdinger's products.