French country decor does not restrict itself to pink and blush — the Provence palette includes the warm yellows of sunflowers and old stone, the specific burnt yellow that appears at harvest time rather than in spring. The Burnt Yellow Elegance Ranunculus is a handmade ceramic wall flower from the France Collection, kiln-fired in Toronto in a burnt yellow glaze, in the tight layered Elegance cultivar form that holds the warm color at full intensity across every petal.

The warm anchor of a collection that appeared in French Vogue

When French Vogue ran the France Collection in their home section, Chive interpreted this as an endorsement and has continued to do so. The France Collection palette is built on a specific range of warm and soft tones — blush, peach, rose quartz, milk teal, and the burnt yellows that anchor the warm end. The Burnt Yellow Elegance Ranunculus is that anchor: warm without being orange, yellow without being sharp. The Elegance cultivar packs the color into a tight, disciplined form that reads as architectural rather than decorative from across the room.

SFMOMA carries the France Collection. The Detroit Institute of Arts stocks it. The High Museum in Atlanta carries it. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show awarded Chive the 5-star booth award — the highest rating given — for 13 consecutive years. Art museums on both coasts and in between have independently arrived at the same purchasing decision about this collection. Chive has been designing and making ceramic flowers in Toronto since 1999.

A birthday gift for someone born in the warm months who has specific opinions about yellow

The Burnt Yellow Elegance Ranunculus ships in a Chive gift box. It hangs with one screw in 90 seconds. SFMOMA carries it. The person with specific opinions about yellow receives a wall object from a collection French Vogue featured and SFMOMA chose for their gift shop.