Tag: botanical

06 Aug

Bardith on Madison

Bardith on Madison

Favorite Manhattan stores… Bardith is on this list for sure…the beginnings of an education.

 
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06 Aug

Decorative arts in Ireland

Decorative arts in Ireland

There is a quality of wild, abandoned, unabashed florality about these hand painted pieces from the early 1800s.

 
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17 Oct

Hibiscus Præmorsus

Hibiscus Præmorsus

Hibiscus Præmorsus

 
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10 Oct

banksia on 28th street

banksia on 28th street

Banksias and Warratahs on the streets of NYC; a long way from home, and somewhat out of place in concrete and roll-gated street vendor surrounding

 
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07 Oct

coast of Coromandel: Sir Joseph Banks and William Roxburgh

coast of Coromandel: Sir Joseph Banks and William Roxburgh

Plants of the coast of Coromandel, 1795-1819; selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the hon. court of directors of the East India Company by William Roxburgh.

 
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25 Sep

John Gist: Cotton at The Hort

John Gist: Cotton at The Hort

Botanical artist John Gist’s recent work caught my eye at The 13th Annual International Juried Botanical Art Exhibition at the The Horticultural Society …

 
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25 Sep

Curtis and the golden magazine

Curtis and the golden magazine

heavy volumes with block printed text on hand pressed paper with hand coloured illustrations.

 
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14 Sep

Wattle Spring

Wattle Spring

“… I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I …

 
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14 Oct

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

In Greek mythology the fruit appears in the story of Persephone, stolen by Hades to the underworld. It was a symbol to the Helenic world of marriage, life and regeneration, which equally translated in medieval times to a symbol of fertility.

 
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