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A RETURN TO ITS HISTORIC PLACE
Up until the early 20th century, Spanish households used extra large lebrillos as washing basins. Midsize ceramic bowls served as an indispensable cooking vessel for mixing ingredients in the kitchen. Ornately decorated with vibrant designs, lebrillos were also valued for their beauty. Overtime, they have outgrown their quotidian function to become a beloved collector’s item.
Perfectly at home in a Moorish-style home in Mallorca, these giant 18th-century green lebrillo bowlsvare propped up on a massive carved-stone sink.
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AROUND THE KITCHEN SINK
Some homes still use their once indispensable household utensil as a decorative accent in the kitchen as seen here in this charming stone sink at Ecovinyassa farm in Sóller, Mallorca. And, it's blue.
Though the most traditional color for lebrillos is our traditional copper green, we've been known to make them in other colors.
Blue became especially popular for Fajalauza tableware at the turn of the century but green remains the most widely used color for giant pieces like lebrillos. First, because it was the most economical back in the 16th century. And then, because it was the first, the original. We love an original.
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ABOVE THE KITCHEN CUPBOARD
We’re still in the kitchen but the vibes here in Menorca are different. In a room that straddles modern and rustic, a large Rama lebrillo hangs above a kitchen cupboard stacked with plates and bowls. We love the unexpected contrast.
DRAWING THE EYE TO THE CENTER
Given their shared Moorish influence, Spanish and Moroccan crafts blend nicely. Here, a very large lebrillo sits on the table in this subtle yet utterly delightful room in this Tangier home. Several Moroccan ceramic pieces adorn the built-in cabinets.
Versatile, the lebrillo also plays along with more modern elements of home décor in this relaxed sitting room in Asturias.
IN AN OFT-NEGLECTED CORNER
Passeways – doors and hallways – are easily overlooked but not here in this aesthete's home in Asilah, on the Atlantic coast of Morocco. One lebrillo hangs along the hallway while four stuning large pieces sit on a shelf. From left to right, we have a design similar to Rama, but with two open flower buds instead of one central one; another rare design with a central flower with its sepals precisely painted and two large Gavilla lebrillos.
SEATED ON THE MANTLEPIECE
We're here for the lebrillo but honestly first let's take a look at this spacious room with its pitched roof, exposed beams and teal-colored French doors. In this relaxed atmosphere, we find the Ramita Fajalauza lebrillo perched on the mantle of the fireplace. Taking pride of place without much other decoration around it, it immediately draws the eye.
