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I grew up in a city with a lot of Colonial buildings, and you'll often notice pineapples carved into them (above the front door, for example). My grandmother to
by exogen 6y ago
I grew up in a city with a lot of Colonial buildings, and you'll often notice pineapples carved into them (above the front door, for example). My grandmother told me they symbolize hospitality, which Wikipedia confirms:
In architecture, pineapple figures became decorative elements symbolizing hospitality.
So I guess the story doesn't really end where the article does! I wonder how much revisionism is involved there: at the time they were actually carved into the architecture, were they intended to symbolize wealth? Or hospitality?
- exogen 6y agoHere's a great example, it was actually the first result on Google Images for "newport colonial home". Scroll through the pictures and count how many pineapples you can find: https://www.curbed.com/2017/3/9/14868658/historic-colonial-newport-rhode-island-homes-for-sale-sherman-clarke-house https://www.curbed.com/2017/3/9/14868658/historic-colonial-n... Try it next time you're visiting a historic place :)