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Vibrant botanical illustrations showcasing various flowers, blending detailed line work and watercolor techniques from historic floral design.

Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, The left bottom part is shown; it is composed of a row of beads and a chain at the edges, a bunch of flowers inside. Another one is sketched roughtly over it., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing
Design for the Embroidery of a Lady's Overskirt of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Graphite, brush and gouache on paper, The left bottom part is shown; it is composed of a row of beads and a chain at the edges, a bunch of flowers inside. Another one is sketched roughtly over it., France, ca. 1785, Drawing, Drawing
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Erdbeer aus Carolina from Pomona Austriaca,..., 1787-1796, Johann Kraft, Austrian, 1738-1808, 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (21.27 x 16.51 cm) (plate), Hand-colored engraving, Austria, 18th centuryBowl in the shape of a corn-sheaf. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D. Sluyter after an illustration by Cornelis Borsteegh from Anna Barbara van Meertens Penelope, Or Maandwerk aan het Vrouwelijk Geslacht Toegewijd (Penelope, Monthly Magazine dedicated to the Female Sex), G.J.A. Beijerinck, Amsterdam, 1821. Van Meerten was an educator, writer and pioneer in womens rights in Holland.Success to You (valentine). Unknown Artist; American or English, 19th century. Date: 1855-1859. Dimensions: 61 x 83 mm (folded sheet). Collaged elements on cut and embossed (designed) ivory wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.Souvenir d'un ami rose, hybrid tea rose, raised by an amateur in Moulins in 1846. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's "Les Roses," Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. François Frédéric Grobon (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated "Fleurs" after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres.Witte nieswortel (Veratrum album). Witte nies wortel. / Elleborus flore albo. / Ellebore Blanc (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 266 mm × w 165 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.CODEX TRUJILLO, PERU - BOOK III - ESTAMPA II - ALGARROBO - AQUARELA - 18TH CENTURY. Author: MARTINEZ COMPAÑON BALTASAR. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.Sketchbook, Barbara Bodichon, 1827-1891, British, 1861, Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, Spine: 5 1/4 inches (13.3 cm) and Sheet: 5 x 7 inches (12.7 x 17.8 cm)CODEX TRUJILLO, PERU - BOOK III - ESTAMPA XX - HUIMBA - AQUARELA - 18TH CENTURY. Location: PALACIO REAL-BIBLIOTECA. MADRID. SPAIN.Tn. "Leonardo Da Vinci" "Italia" Societa di Navigazione Genova. 1963. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book DivisionDecorative panel, Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, Block-printed paper, Urn with flowers sitting on vine-covered pedestal. Printed on woodgrain ground., Paris, France, 1856-57, Wallcoverings, Decorative panelUntitled (Unfinished Sketch). Date: n.d. watercolor and pencil on paper. Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.Love is a Star (Valentine). Unknown Artist; American or English, 19th century. Date: 1835-1845. Dimensions: 136 x 92 mm (folded sheet). Collaged elements and watercolor on embossed ivory wove paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Decorative panel, Jules Desfossé, French, active 1851 - 1863, Block-printed paper, Statue of an infant or putti standing on vine-covered pedestal, supporting a basket of vining flowers., Paris, France, 1856-57, Wallcoverings, Decorative panelBirthday card, circa 1886, maker unknown. Gift of Miss Elizabeth Matheson, 1963.Charles Sprague Pearce, Study for a Border Design, 1890 1897 Study for a Border DesignPorcelain night light or veilleuse from Marieberg, Sweden, 18th century, decorated with molded tulips and roses. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.Auguste Bouquet, La Pensée Immunable La Pensée ImmunableGroup of Roses: Damask, white, moss, dog, variegated, and yellow rose. Painted by Robert Thornton, engraved by R. Roffe. Handcoloured stipple copperplate engraving from Dr. Robert Thornton's "Temple of Flora," Lottery edition, London, 1812. The illustrations were a mix of aquatint, mezzotint and stipple engravings finished by hand.Anonymous. Vest embroidery project. Lead mine, gouache on cardboard, around 1785/90. Galliera, fashion museum of the city of Paris. 79099-22 Embroidery, cardboard, vest, gouache, lead mine, project, 18th centuryCornelius Christoffels and Margaret Linsley, Pieced Autograph Quilt (1 Piece), c 1936 Pieced Autograph Quilt (1 Piece)Iris. Draughtsman: Cornelis van Noorde. Dating: 1741 - 1795. Measurements: h 320 mm × w 208 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. DAISY PERSONIFIED Date: 1906Collection Dutch Heidematschappij. drawing / /. undatedTulp (tulip), Anselm Bootius of Boodt, 1596 - 1610 drawing Two yellow-red and a white-red tulip. Numbered at the top right: 48. Part of the first album with drawings of flowers and plants. Eighth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on behalf of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. draughtsman: Praagdraughtsman: Delft paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint. chalk brush flowers: tulipDyer's weed or German greenweed, Genista germanica. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.Images of peony and heather from manuscripts and their applications in jewelry, enamel, tapestry, wallpaper, binding, etc.. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from his Flowers After Nature and Ornamental Flowers, Fleurs d`apres Nature et fleurs ornementales, Paris, 1890.Book of Flower Studies ca. 1510-1515 Master of Claude de France The Book of Flower Studies belongs to what is often dubbed "the last flowering" of northern European manuscript illumination in the medieval tradition. Illuminators working at Tours brought the garden inside to enrich the pages of princely manuscripts. The pages of this book unquestionably provided the models for renderings in several celebrated commissions linked to Claude, Queen of France and to Antoine de la Barre, a prominent ecclesiastic who became Archbishop of Tours. These flowers were painted in witness to their inherent beauty, not gathered merely for their symbolism, nor for their perceived medicinal value. Each of them can be found in the gardens of The Met Cloisters.. Book of Flower Studies. Master of Claude de France. French. ca. 1510-1515. Opaque water color, organic glazes, gold and silver paint, iron and carbon-based ink and charcoal on parchment. Made in Tours, France. Manuscripts and IlluminationsChristmas, Valentine, and Birthday cards depicting children by fireplace with Santa Claus, flowers.. Proofs, Greeting cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Children, Santa ClausWhite Chrysanthemums and Pinks in a Black Vase 1760-1775 Japan. Color woodblock print; hosoban . Ippitsusai BunchoGarden Tulip, 1885. William Morris. Design for wallpaperDrawing, Project number 1599 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf, for Gentleman's Embroidered Waistcoat; Designed by Mademoiselle Bailieu (French, active ca. 1785); France; pen and brown ink, brush and gouache on off-white laid paper; 22.8 x 37.5 cm (9 x 14 3/4 in. )Pachypodium namaquanum (Wylie ex. Harv.) Welw (Halfmens). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Aug-1778 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm × w 480 mm; h 356 mm × w 264 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Tile 2 of 2. Wall Tile - William de Morgan Collection, 1882-1888. Transfer decorated or painted in 'Persian' colours with the 'Marlborough' pattern - a yellow sunflower amidst green swirling leaves & 2 yellow buds to left. Designed to read vertically with 1981M79 1 .Convobuli and Nest. Jabez Bligh; English, act. 1863-1889. Date: 1863. Dimensions: 197 × 310 mm. Gouache on ivory wove paper, laid down on board. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.Frieze, York Card & Paper Co., 1891, Machine-printed paper, Large clusters of grapes and leaves hang from grape vine. Printed in red, green and brown, on background that shades from tan at top to brown at bottom, York, Pennsylvania, USA, 1905-1915, Wallcoverings, FriezeStrumaria tenella (L.f. ) Cutting man, Strumaria tenella (L.f. ) Cutting man, draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon, Oct-1777 - Mar-1786, paper, brush, h 660 mm × w 480 mm, h 315 mm × w 198 mmWall pennywort, Umbilicus rupestris, and lesser pennywort species, Umbilicus veneris minor. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.Dalea Double Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840 French)Trade cards depicting flowers, insects, a sailboat, a waiter and statuary of a woman and the cross.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Insects, Flowers, SailboatsFrench Happy New Year, postcard depicting hearts and doves. 1900Montaut d'Oleron. Gabriel Xavier, La Mode de Paris, août 1833, No. 3: Green hat in large size of Naples, bottom center in margin - engraved, Green hat of large size of Naples. Purple hat of crepe from the shops of Landel. Hairstyles of Mr Lecomte. Caps and fichus from the shops of Navarre. Mm, fashion print, prints, costume and fashion prints, La Mode de Paris., Journal à 6 fr. par an., top center in the margin - engraved, Green hat in large size of Naples. Purple hat of crepe from M.sins dee Landel Mm, rue neuve des petits champs No. 40. Hairstyles of Mr Lecomte, rue de la Paix. Bonnets et Fichus des M.sins de M.me Navarre, rue de Seine 81., bottom center in the margin - engraved, Le Bureau de la Mode de Paris, Place du Louvre No. 18., height 222 mm, width 140 mm, French, 1789 - 1852, print maker, printmaker, 1833 - 1833, second quarter 19th century, paper, hand colouring, engraving, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsmanApplique Quilt. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 26.5 x 36.3 cm (10 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Mildred Prince.Theatre programme for Ménages d'artistes by Eugène Brieux and Le maître by Jean Jullien (Théâtre Libre, 21 March 1890). Dimensions: 27.8 cm x 32 cm, 21.7 cm x 31.1 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: George Auriol.Stachelbeeren der Sorte: 1. Pearl, 2. Red Jacket, Digital aufbereitete Reproduktion einer Aquarellzeichnung aus dem Jahre 1856Italy, Tuscany. A colorful mosaic table top.Cedro col Pigolo und das hochgräfliche Schloß Oberbürg, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.Catillac Josephine de Maines Marechal de Cour Date: 1892Herbarius - Gart der gesuntheit - Hortus sanitatis 1485 Hans Schönsperger the Elder German. Herbarius - Gart der gesuntheit - Hortus sanitatis 343821Historische Bilder von verschiedenen Kakteenpflanzen, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. JahrhundertTitle Page from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium, 1788, Joseph Jakob Plenck; Etcher: Jo. Ign. Albrecht, Austrian, 1738-1807, 18 9/16 × 12 7/8 in. (47.15 × 32.7 cm) (sheet), Hand-colored etching, Austria, 18th century