Manhole Cover Coasters: NETHERLANDS
Manhole Cover Coasters: NETHERLANDS
The Netherlands has more tall people than anywhere in the world and more pigs than citizens. The consumption of which may be a corollary. Those pigs mingle with cows in the reclaimed landscape or polders, which is always threatening to flood as it disastrously did in 1953. Windmills dot this landscape which were designed to help pump out the dijks cut into the settling soil. Much of the nation is under sea level including the four cities in this set: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Groningen. The covers all share a grid, which makes sense given the Dutch affinity for it as evidenced in their uniquely progressive architecture, De Stijl painting, graphic design and typography. Learn more about each city in the custom cover sections. Meanwhile, Go Dutch with this set!
Make a stand by adding a display stand
Tombino replicates manhole covers from around the world into functional art in the form of coasters, trivets and magnets. Each illustration is initially hand-drawn for precision and then permanently etched into cork. These make the perfect birthday or holiday gift. Each coaster is .25" thick and 4" in diameter. The engraving method has incredible detail and tactility. Fabricated from sustainable Portuguese cork. Designed and packaged in Philadelphia, PA USA.
Cork is a natural material, thus rare aberrations within the etching can occur, but at this scale good luck noticing.
As each one is made to order please allow three business days for delivery.
“We all have three cities: the one in which we grew up, the one where we live and the one in which we wished we live."-Alan Furst
A custom display rack can be ordered too. See the individual trivets and magnets as well.
