Grey Parrot Tea Towel 1
$25.52
Grey Parrot Tea Towel 1
An African grey parrot depicted with the precision of eighteenth-century naturalistic illustration — slate grey plumage, vermillion tail, red nerines and tropical leaves on natural white linen. Linen is the ideal fabric for a tea towel: absorbent without streaking, quick-drying, naturally antibacterial, and it improves with every wash. Exclusive La Bottega di Casa design, 100% pure linen.
- Dimensions: 55 × 75 cm -21″x 29″
- Composition: 100% natural linen
- Design: Exclusive La Bottega di Casa
- Finish: Hanging loop
- Care: machine wash 40°C · no fabric softener · improves with washing
- Brand: La Bottega di Casa
5 in stock
An African grey parrot, depicted as if it were 1780.
The design of Pappagallo 1 draws from the great tradition of European naturalistic illustration — that of Buffon, of Audubon, of the naturalists who travelled the world to depict animals with the same care given to human portraits. The African grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus) is rendered with near-scientific precision: slate grey plumage with blue gradations, vermillion tail, vivid red eye, curved black beak. Around him, large emerald green tropical leaves, white flowers and red nerines with thread-like stamens — a botanical backdrop worthy of a colonial garden.
On natural white linen, this design has the quality of a hand-coloured engraving — not a flat print, but a drawing with depth, gradation, and a life of its own.
Linen — why it is the right fabric for a tea towel Linen is not just the most beautiful fabric for a tea towel. It is the most suitable one, for concrete reasons.
It absorbs up to 20% of its weight in moisture without feeling wet — it dries glasses and dishes without leaving streaks or lint, something cotton or microfibre fabrics cannot match. It dries quickly, reducing residual moisture and odour. It is naturally antibacterial — linen fibres contain lignin, which inhibits bacterial growth even after repeated washing.
And it improves over time. Every wash softens the fibres without weakening them — after ten washes a linen tea towel is softer, more absorbent and more beautiful than when it was new. Cotton does the opposite: it stiffens, pills, loses colour.
The linen we use for our tea towels is selected from the finest European mills — 100% pure, with no synthetic treatments.
Hung on a kitchen hook — where the full design is visible and brings colour and character to the space. On the counter, folded to show the parrot. As a gift: wrapped with a ribbon, it is an original present for those who love nature, art, botanical drawing — or simply beautiful things that are also useful.
Part of the exclusive La Bottega di Casa naturalistic tea towel series.
The Psittacus erithacus — the Congo African grey — is one of the most intelligent birds in the world, capable of understanding human language not just by repeating it but by using it with intention. It was already known in ancient Greece and Rome, and in the eighteenth century it was one of the most coveted exotic animals in European courts. The naturalistic illustrations of the period depicted it with great care, as one does with something precious and rare.
This tea towel brings that tradition into the kitchen — an everyday object with the presence of a work of art.
— Exclusive La Bottega di Casa design — eighteenth-century naturalistic illustration
— 100% pure linen: the most absorbent, hygienic and durable fabric for the kitchen
— Improves with every wash — softer, more absorbent, more beautiful over time
— An everyday object with the presence of a work of art
— Part of a naturalistic series to collect
