Australian pineapple growing field
Pineapples as a centerpiece, room decoration or “mascot” for walking down the street? It sounds bizarre, but it was a sign of status just a few centuries ago. What made this fruit so valuable?
Using pineapples to display a painting may seem strange. But for several decades in the 18th century, use these foods as decoration until they rotted was quite common in the UK, but only among the wealthiest families.
Taking photographs next to pineapples was an affirmation of high social and economic status. But why? The short answer is its price.
At the time, Only the richest families had access to this tropical fruit (in fact, even its exotic appearance valued it). If it still had shoots and leaves, which made it clear that it was grown at home, the pineapple was even more expensive and a true luxury product.
It was rare, as it was not cultivated in Europe, and only with its greater commercialization, brought by the colonialism British in countries where this fruit was abundant, its price has dropped.
Until then, a single pineapple could cost thousands of pounds, remember the. Eating it was a sin, and they were often left to rot in a place clearly visible to everyone.
The pineapple quickly became an aesthetic, and even statues They were meant to represent this symbol of modernity and openness to the outside world.
