Les Fleurs Radial Stripe Paper Plate (8 pk)

The radiating stripe is among the oldest graphic devices in European decorative art: a sunburst form found on faience plates, painted ceilings, marquetry floors, and the carved backs of Rococo chairs with equal frequency, the same idea repeated across four centuries because it solves a specific visual problem with unusual elegance. A circle is static; rays give it direction and energy without disturbing its fundamental completeness. The Les Fleurs radial stripe plates bring that logic directly to the table, in every color combination drawn from the Les Fleurs palette.

Available in all Les Fleurs collection colorways, in both 9” dinner and 7” salad and dessert sizes. Mix with the Les Fleurs botanical plates, the vertical stripe placemats, and the solid-color plates for a table that uses pattern the way the French always have: with intention and without apology.

The Design

Rays from the Center: A Pattern with History

The alternating wedge form on these plates radiates from the center outward in equal segments, the two colors meeting at a clean white center field edged with fine concentric rings that recall the turned rim of a ceramic original. This detail is not merely decorative. It echoes the actual rim definition of French faïence and porcelain tableware, where a fine line or series of lines at the field boundary was the standard convention for separating the decorative border from the eating surface. On a paper plate, the same convention gives the design a refinement that most paper tableware does not attempt.

The colorways in this series follow the Les Fleurs palette exactly: each combination drawn from the same range of tones used across the collection’s botanical plates, napkins, and placemats. The purple and terracotta combination shown has the particular assertiveness of a complementary near-pair: close enough on the colour wheel to be harmonious, far enough apart to generate real contrast. Other colorways in the collection offer the same graphic clarity in the full range of Les Fleurs tones, from the cooler blue combinations to the warmer ochre and rose pairings.