Victorian Floral Illustrations

Author: Carol Belanger Grafton
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486248224
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 122

Book Description
Over 340 handsome and botanically accurate wood engravings selected from two classic Victorian publications: Paxton's Flower Garden and The Natural History of Plants. Includes exquisite renderings of a broad spectrum of plant forms: baobab tree, quaking grass, winged pea, and many other unusual plants. Each illustration includes the scientific name and brief description.

A Victorian Flower Album

Author: Henry Terry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wild flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description

Floriography

Author: Jessica Roux
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1524866342
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 219

Book Description
A charming, gorgeously illustrated botanical encyclopedia for your favorite romantic, local witch, bride-to-be, or green-thumbed friend. Floriography is a full-color guide to the historical uses and secret meanings behind an impressive array of flowers and herbs. The book explores the coded significances associated with various blooms, from flowers for a lover to flowers for an enemy. The language of flowers was historically used as a means of secret communication. It soared in popularity during the 19th century, especially in Victorian England and the U.S., when proper etiquette discouraged open displays of emotion. Mysterious and playful, the language of flowers has roots in everything from the characteristics of the plant to its presence in folklore and history. Researched and illustrated by popular artist Jessica Roux, this book makes a stunning display piece, conversation-starter, or thoughtful gift.

A Victorian Flower Dictionary

Author: Mandy Kirkby
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345532864
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.” Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings—love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom, and this book will share the historical, literary, and cultural significance of flowers with a whole new generation. With lavish illustrations, a dual dictionary of flora and meanings, and suggestions for creating expressive arrangements, this keepsake is the perfect compendium for everyone who has ever given or received a bouquet.

Fragile Beauty

Author: Sandy Puckett
Publisher: Grand Central Pub
ISBN: 9780446516730
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 89

Book Description
An illustrated celebration of the Victorian art of pressed flowers includes information on creating a pressed garden, what to grow, how to use gardening space, the best time for the harvesting of different types of flowers, and more. 25,000 first printing.

Tussie-Mussies

Author: Geraldine Adamich Laufer
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780761120667
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Tussie-Mussies reacquaints readers with the complex and delightful language of flowers, and the art of making them speak through Victorian "talking bouquets" called tussie-mussies. Now Tussie-Mussies is available in a stunning paperback edition. A celebration of craft, lore, and language, Tussie-Mussies is a full-color guide to tussie-mussies, how to make them, and how the symbolic meanings of flowers and herbs have developed over the centuries. Roses that are red mean only one thing-Love-while a yellow rose may range from Friendship to Jealousy. Daisies are for Innocence, ivy for Fidelity, rosemary for Remembrance. Then comes the delightful task of arranging individual flowers and herbs together to compose a specific message to a friend or loved one. A floral poet, Geraldine Laufer shows how to make 60 bouquets-tussie-mussies to declare Ardent Love, say Happy Birthday, celebrate a Newborn, mark an Anniversary, honor a Mentor, admit an Infatuation, or even announce a Bitter Rivalry. Indeed, any sentiment can be crafted with a few blooms, woolen yarn, and scissors.

Victorian Floral Designs in Full Color

Author: F. Edward Hulme
Publisher: Dover
ISBN: 9780486279503
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Reflecting the broad range of accomplishment common among Victorian gentlemen, Frederick Edward Hulme (1841-1909) was the author of works on art, plants, heraldry, cryptography, proverbs, flags, wildflowers and other topics. In this rare volume of floral designs, he drew upon his botanical and artistic knowledge to create a host of motifs designed to instruct art students in the proper treatment of floral forms. Over 230 copyright-free illustrations depict an attractive array of floral and foliate motifs in a striking variety of colors matched to a broad range of fanciful designs. Formats include borders, repeats, geometric forms, allover patterns and much more. Bold in form and striking in their inspiration, these authentic Victorian designs are carefully reproduced here for practical and inspirational use by today's artists and craftspeople. Illustrators and graphic designers will also find a wealth of material for use in interior, advertising and textile design.

Instant Wall Art - Botanical Prints

Author: Adams Media
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440585660
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Contains material adapted and abridged from The art of nature coloring book. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media, 2013.

Big Book of Plant and Flower Illustrations

Author: Maggie Kate
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486409465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Over 600 royalty-free illustrations for artists, desktop publishers, and craftworkers accurately depict wildflowers, trees, herbs, cacti, tropical blooms, garden flowers, medicinal plants, and much more. Identifying captions.

1914 Vintage Botany Botanical Illustration Sizes

Author: C Anders
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781086224139
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
These are beautiful vintage wildflower illustrations from 1914. Most are displayed on the cover. The backs of each image is blank paper for better use in crafting. There are 22 different vintage wildflower illustrations in this book, which are shown 88 times in the book in different sizes. There are 4 to page and 9 to page sizes. Plus 4 full page illustrations. The pages are doubled, to receive more than one copy of each illustration in the various sizes. So there is more than one copy of each floral illustration. Just cut out the pages and you have great floral illustrations to use in your art and crafts or even as a table picture book. Some of the images have been retouched, but these are from 1914 and the antique vintage quality remains in not being perfect renditions.