Decorate your home with the nicest street in the Netherlands. This Delft blue decorative house is a miniature canal house with a stepped gable, which was often built in the Netherlands, especially in the 16th century. These canal-side houses are usually tall, narrow and deep because the tax was levied based on the width of the façade. Sometimes you can still see a special beam sticking out on the façade that was used to lift merchandise so that the goods were protected against flooding. The Amsterdam canal belt is on the UNESCO World Heritage List and has become an iconic image for the Netherlands. This Delft blue canal house is one of a series of houses, each with a characteristic façade. When you put them all side by side, you create your own picturesque canal belt. Collect them all.
The Delft Blue collection celebrates the exhibition Old Masters, New Amsterdam, at The New York Historical. The Dutch founded the city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island 400 years ago in 1626. In Europe at that same time they were revolutionizing art, with Rembrandt and his contemporaries turning a keen eye to the world around them. This exhibition uses their paintings to help us envision life in the little Dutch settlement that would become New York. Let the Old Masters introduce you to New Amsterdam. Old Masters, New Amsterdam is on view May 1, 2026 - August 30, 2026.
