Tulipieres for spring: still groundbreaking

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We’ve got Mary II to thank for the tulipiere trend. In the late 17th century, the English queen, who briefly ruled alongside her Dutch-born husband William III, developed a penchant for the multi-tiered, multi-spouted “pyramids for flowers” that emerged from Delft in the 17th century. She commissioned three pairs, each a towering baroque confection decorated in…