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~ Enduring Appreciation Createdby the Haviland Dynasty
David Haviland moved to France from America in 1841to build a factory using the naturalwhite clay found in Limoges, France calledkaolin. David Haviland's immediate difference from otherchina makers, creating his own art departmentand his designs were created to please the American taste. Haviland did not sell blanks to be decorated by Parisian artists. This caused picketing and the artists couldn't travel outside at night.
Havilandappreciated the Impressionist movementandthe floral decorationwas influenced by the the famous impressionistic painters. Haviland began to be fully appreciated by the french and the world. Theodore Haviland, David's son, found that artistic variety only increased the demand for the increasingly famous china.
Eventually David Haviland's sons had different artistic ideas and Haviland China became Theodore Haviland China
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