French country decor in robin's egg blue returns to the specific blue of Loire Valley pottery and old French faience tile — the committed cool blue that reads as French rather than generically blue. The Robin's Egg Blue Stargazer Lily is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the France Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a robin's egg blue glaze, shaped in the stargazer lily form — the upward-facing cultivar that was bred specifically to face toward the viewer, which in wall-mounted ceramic means facing directly out from the wall.

The directional blue of a collection French Vogue chose to run

Chive interprets the French Vogue feature as an endorsement. The stargazer lily's upward-facing quality gives the robin's egg blue a directionality that other France Collection blue pieces do not have — the color reaches toward the viewer rather than presenting itself flatly. On a wall, the Robin's Egg Blue Stargazer Lily reads as the France Collection piece most aware of the person looking at it. French Vogue ran it. The Atlanta Botanical Garden carries it. Both responses acknowledge that a ceramic object that faces you directly is a specific kind of object.

The Atlanta Botanical Garden carries the France Collection. The McKee Botanical Garden stocks it. The San Antonio Botanical Garden carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Botanical gardens in the Southeast and South have independently decided this collection belongs in their shops. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.

A gift for someone who wants the France Collection's most directional piece

The Robin's Egg Blue Stargazer Lily ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. The Atlanta Botanical Garden carries it. The person who wants the France Collection piece most aware of the room receives the robin's egg blue stargazer lily from the same collection French Vogue ran in their home section.