Anne Schofield Antiques – Give Love Jewellery for Xmas, 2016
A fuschia adorns a pendant in the Art Noveau style, carved from horn at Paris it is one of the gifts of love jewellery in Anne Schofield Antiques Xmas catalogue
Language of Flowers
A Profusion of Flowers in Art and Life, Blooming Beautifully
It can be safely assumed and perhaps even agreed by a majority of people that the presence of flowers in any room brings about a sense of joy and celebration
Meaning of Flowers
A language of flowers developed in England and Europe during the nineteenth century as a response to an admiration for the beauty of flowers. It was means of communication in which various flowers and floral arrangements allowed individuals to express true feelings which otherwise could not be spoken. They could…
Flowers of Change
In the sixteenth pilgrims traveled around Europe and Greece in search of the ‘plants of the ancients’. It was at this time the European plant world began to change with the introduction of oriental bulbs. At this time the science of botany also broke away from medicine, to which it…
Flowers & High Society
Around the world during the second half of the nineteenth century the expansion of wealth generated by the expansion of industry meant that where high society led others could now afford to follow. In 1884 in England Kate Greenaway published her book The Language of Flowers, a Handbook for Victorian…