Wender·Vista
Jardin du Luxembourg
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileFrance
on the Left Bank of Paris, between Saint-Germain and the Latin Quarter

Jardin du Luxembourg

— — the green afternoon at the centre of the Left Bank.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The Jardin du Luxembourg was Marie de Médicis's garden, laid out behind the palace she built in 1612 to remind her of Florence. Four hundred years later it is the public garden every Parisian on the Left Bank treats as a living room: gravel paths, sailboats on the octagonal basin, the green steel chairs you drag wherever the light is good. The Senate still meets in the palace. The orchard at the south corner still grows pears. Children push wooden boats with sticks while their grandparents read on the chairs. from the studio

from the studio
Jardin du Luxembourg
— bring it home

Jardin du Luxembourg, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Jardin du Luxembourg

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

The Jardin du Luxembourg covers about 23 hectares in the 6th arrondissement on the Left Bank of Paris, between the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the Rue de Vaugirard. Marie de Médicis commissioned the garden along with the Palais du Luxembourg in 1612, after the death of Henri IV, laying it out in the Florentine manner of her childhood at the Boboli Gardens. André Le Nôtre and successive gardeners reshaped it through the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The palace has housed the French Senate since 1958, and the garden is owned and maintained by the Senate as a public park.

— the water

The octagonal Grand Bassin at the centre of the garden is the heart of the place. Since 1927 a kiosk on the east side has rented small wooden sailboats by the hour, painted in national flags, that children push around the basin with long sticks. South of the palace, the Fontaine Médicis sits in the deep shade of a tunnel of plane trees, completed around 1630 and rebuilt in the nineteenth century with the sculpture group of Polyphemus surprising the lovers Acis and Galatea by Auguste Ottin, installed in 1866. The reflecting pool in front runs about fifty metres, still and dark under the canopy.

— the visit

The garden opens between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m. depending on the season and closes between 4:30 p.m. in midwinter and 9:45 p.m. in midsummer; the Senate posts the schedule at every gate. Admission is free. The nearest Métro stations are Odéon on lines 4 and 10 and Mabillon on line 10; the RER B stops at Luxembourg on the east side. The pavilion-restaurant La Buvette des Marionnettes still serves coffee near the puppet theatre that has run since 1933. The orchard on the south side, planted with heritage apple and pear varieties, is tended by Senate gardeners and harvested each autumn.

— informed by Sénat — Visite
— where
France · 6th arrondissement, Paris
— within
Jardin du Luxembourg
— elevation
58 m · 190 ft
— position
48.8462° N · 2.3372° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
at the lake
Palais du Luxembourg
Senate palace
1 km E
Panthéon
mausoleum
1 km NW
Saint-Sulpice
parish church
1 km NE
Sorbonne
university
N
Jardin du Luxembourg
Palais du Luxembourg
Panthéon
Saint-Sulpice
Sorbonne
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Jardin du Luxembourg — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

Marie de Médicis, widow of Henri IV, commissioned the garden and the adjoining Palais du Luxembourg in 1612. She wanted a Florentine garden on the model of the Boboli Gardens, where she had grown up at the Pitti Palace.

About 23 hectares in the 6th arrondissement on the Left Bank, between the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the Rue de Vaugirard. It is one of the largest public gardens in central Paris and one of the most visited.

The French Senate, the upper house of Parliament, has met in the palace since 1958. The Musée du Luxembourg, on the Rue de Vaugirard side, hosts rotating exhibitions and was France's first public museum when it opened in 1750.

Toy sailboats rented by the hour at the kiosk on the east side of the Grand Bassin since 1927. Children push them across the octagonal basin with long sticks while the wind carries them back, an unbroken Parisian tradition for almost a century.

A grotto fountain south of the palace, completed around 1630 and rebuilt in the nineteenth century, with the sculpture group of Polyphemus surprising Acis and Galatea by Auguste Ottin, installed in 1866. It sits in the shade of plane trees behind a long reflecting pool.

Every day, free of charge. Opening varies between 7:30 and 8:15 a.m. by season; closing runs from 4:30 p.m. in midwinter to 9:45 p.m. in midsummer. The Senate posts current hours at every gate.

— about the piece in your home

It has been a meaningful gift for many of our customers, especially those who studied at the Sorbonne or lived on the Left Bank. The garden is the green afternoon nearly every Parisian student keeps. A Small or Medium with a handwritten card from the studio carries well.

The greens, gravel ochres, and pale stone read well in Parisian-classic, warm Minimalist, and quietly Maximalist rooms. The piece sits well above a marble mantel, a desk, or a reading chair without crowding the surrounding wall.

Yes. The 2026 turn back to plaster walls, antique oak, and collected European objects has put real-place tiles back into conversation. A garden one knows by foot reads as anchor rather than souvenir.

Above a standard sofa we recommend a single Large, or a four-tile Mural for more presence. Above a narrower console, a Medium centred between two lamps holds the wall well.

Yes. For wet rooms or backsplashes we recommend the Dura Satin or Matte finish, which is scratch-resistant and reads softer in steam. The Glossy finish is for framed walls in living rooms and entries.

A soft microfibre cloth with plain water is all the tile needs. Avoid abrasive pads and ammonia-based cleaners; the colour lives in the ceramic surface and stays where it is.

Yes. Every piece in the WenderVista atlas is curated and made by the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is no licensing and no third-party reproduction; the eye is Reid Wender's.

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