š¦š Bring playful seaside style and wonderfully eccentric Art Deco charm to your dining table with The Seaside Crab Ride Placemat. Featuring original Sarasvati Designs artwork, this decorative cotton placemat captures a fashionable swimmer riding the waves atop an oversized orange crab, complete with a striped bathing costume, jaunty blue headscarf, and white swimming ring.
Rolling blue water, foaming waves, a brilliant summer sky, and an enormous billowing cloud create a delightfully surreal seaside scene filled with movement, humor, and vintage-inspired beach fashion. Made from durable 100% cotton with a one-sided print and natural back, this generously sized placemat brings whimsical coastal personality to everyday dining, summer entertaining, beach-house tables, and imaginative tablescapes.
The Artwork
The Seaside Crab Ride features a stylish swimmer perched above the water in a dramatic black-and-white striped bathing costume. She wears sheer black stockings, little blue shoes, and a vivid blue knotted headscarf dotted with dark accents, giving the scene an unmistakable touch of playful vintage glamour.
Around her waist rests a large white swimming ring as she appears to skim across the sea on the back of an enormous orange crab. The crab emerges boldly from the curling water beneath her, its raised claws, long legs, and brilliant warm coloring creating an amusing contrast against the cool blue waves.
The surrounding sea is alive with swirling lines, ripples, white foam, and a cresting wave that rises around the unlikely pair. Above them, a magnificent billowing white cloud fills the bright turquoise sky, giving the composition a wonderfully theatrical sense of scale.
Reimagined in contemporary illustrative style, the artwork blends Art Deco fashion illustration, vintage seaside glamour, surreal humor, bold graphic pattern, and whimsical ocean adventure.
Why You'll Love It
- Decorative cotton placemat featuring original Sarasvati Designs artwork
- Playful Art Deco-inspired seaside fashion illustration
- Whimsical swimmer riding an enormous orange crab
- Striking black-and-white striped bathing costume
- Jaunty blue headscarf adds vintage beach glamour
- White swimming ring creates a wonderfully playful focal point
- Swirling blue waves bring movement and energy to the composition
- Brilliant palette of turquoise, ocean blue, white, black, orange, and cobalt
- Perfect for summer dining, beach houses, coastal entertaining, and whimsical tablescapes
- A delightful gift for beach lovers, crab lovers, Art Deco lovers, vintage fashion fans, and whimsical art collectors
Product Features
- 100% cotton
- One-sided print
- Natural back
- One size: 18" Ć 14" (45.72 cm Ć 35.56 cm)
- White seam thread
- Durable construction for formal or everyday use
- Easy to clean
- Fade-resistant
- Pre-constructed item
- Please note: Size variance +/- 0.5"
A Rather Unusual Day At The Seaside
Playful, stylish, and delightfully unexpected, The Seaside Crab Ride Placemat turns the dining table into the setting for a wonderfully improbable beach adventure. With a fashionable swimmer, a magnificent orange crab, rolling waves, and one enormous summer cloud, this is seaside glamour with a distinctly whimsical twist.
Artwork created, designed, and digitally remastered by Sarasvati Designs.
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| Ā |
8" x 10" (Vertical) |
9" x 12" (Vertical) |
11ā³ x 14ā³ (Vertical) |
12ā³ x 16ā³ (Vertical) |
16" x 20" (Vertical) |
| Width, in |
8.00 |
9.00 |
11.00 |
12.00 |
16.00 |
| Height, in |
10.00 |
12.00 |
14.00 |
16.00 |
20.00 |
| Depth, in |
1.25 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
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