Rose themes pop up in home furnishings

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By Barbara Thornburg, Times Staff Writer

The ancient Romans associated the rose with their goddess of love, and European aristocracy in the 17th century prized them so highly they were accepted as payment for debt. The tradition of beauty continues with a new crop of rose-inspired furnishings: ruffled-edge bowls, tiles with digital imagery, linen fabrics even a whimsical chair upholstered in paper roses.

This rose votive-lamp is $200 at the Velvet Garden, Los Angeles; (323) 852-1766; www.thevelvetgarden.com. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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Rose Rosse, a 10-by-30-inch tile by Bottega dArte, is $15 a square foot at Creative Environments, West Hollywood; (310) 652- 3713. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

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The backdrop is Garden Roses, a 100% linen fabric shown here in red/brown and designed by Suzanne Rheinstein for Lee Jofa. Its $190 a yard at Hollyhock, West Hollywood; (310) 777-0100; www.hollyhockinc.com. “The Quest for the Black Rose,” $125, and Agelio Batle’s graphite rose stylus, $50, are from Zipper, Los Angeles; (323) 951-0620; www.zippergifts.com. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

By Barbara Thornburg

Nov. 22, 2008 12 AM PT

The ancient Romans associated the rose with their goddess of love, and European aristocracy in the 17th century prized them so highly they were accepted as payment for debt. The tradition of beauty continues with a new crop of rose-inspired furnishings: ruffled-edge bowls, tiles with digital imagery, linen fabrics -- even a whimsical chair upholstered in paper roses. Banks may not accept them as payment, but a rose is a rose. To see a graphic interpretation of a rose on oversized tile, and to click through other shopping stories, go to latimes.com/home or check out our holiday

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Rose themes pop up in home furnishings

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