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BEDROOM- Bed with green duvet. Wallpaper stripe, floral curtain, ring top, quilt, vintage dresser, wooden chest at foot of be...
BEDROOM- Bed with green duvet. Wallpaper stripe, floral curtain, ring top, quilt, vintage dresser, wooden chest at foot of bed,





Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from W...
Sea-shore lupin, Lupinus littoralis. Illustration by Dr. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1829. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documen





LIVING ROOM - Detail of Early American style antique bench, three pottery jugs sit on one end of bench settee, dark wood pane...
LIVING ROOM - Detail of Early American style antique bench, three pottery jugs sit on one end of bench settee, dark wood paneled walls, framed painting of a little girl, patterned pinch pleat drapes, two table lamps on either side of bench





Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illus...
Varieties of picotees or fringed carnations, salmon-pink with black lines, and lilac blue. . . Dianthus caryophyllus. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal





Clothes hanging in a closet in an abandoned house in a foreclosed house in Huntington Park, California, United States





The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its...
The climbing plant Ceropegia candelabrum takes its name from its elaborate flowers that look like candlesticks. Noted for its poisonous seeds and latex which are used in medicine. . . Handcolored copperplate engraving by Majoli from John Hill's "Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants" (1786). It had first been published in London in 1773. The new edition had 10 hand-coloured botanical plates by P. Maioli (Majoli) engraved by Giuseppe Bianchi and depicted unusual plants such as carnivorou





LIVING ROOMS; two yellow wing chairs, leopard print footstool and two mushroom shaped footstools, alcove fireplace, paneled w...
LIVING ROOMS; two yellow wing chairs, leopard print footstool and two mushroom shaped footstools, alcove fireplace, paneled wood walls, built in bookshelves





Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia, with indigo flowers and blue foliage.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fi...
Bucks-horn lobelia, Lobelia coronopifolia, with indigo flowers and blue foliage.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807), a re-issue of her own "Viridarium" (1806), with handcoloured copperplate engravings. Moriarty was a colonel's widow who turned to writing novels and illustrating botanical books to support her four children.





Long-stalked sisyrinchium, Solenomelus pedunculatus or Sisyrinchium pedunculatum. Illustration by R. K. Greville, engraved by...
Long-stalked sisyrinchium, Solenomelus pedunculatus or Sisyrinchium pedunculatum. Illustration by R. K. Greville, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1830. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was suc





Pink and orange cattleya orchid. Cattleya eldorado splendens Lind.. Illustration and lithograph by L. Stroobant of Ghent, fro...
Pink and orange cattleya orchid. Cattleya eldorado splendens Lind.. Illustration and lithograph by L. Stroobant of Ghent, from Jean Linden's "L'Illustration Horticole" 1880s.





Fashion, England, 19th century. Women's dress with printed patterns, complete with hat, handbag and parasol.





Broad-leaved ludovia, Ludovia latifolia or Asplundia latifolia. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swa...
Broad-leaved ludovia, Ludovia latifolia or Asplundia latifolia. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1829. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeed





Close-up of vintage fabric with red blue and gold flowers and swirls printed on polyester.





Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers, and four tr...
Partridge-breast aloe, Aloe variegata, succulent plant with tall stalk bearing pink and scarlet drooping flowers, and four triangular dark and light green, variegated leaves at the base.. Illustration by Henrietta Moriarty from "Fifty Plates of Greenhouse Plants" (1807), a re-issue of her own "Viridarium" (1806), with handcoloured copperplate engravings. Moriarty was a colonel's widow who turned to writing novels and illustrating botanical books to support her four children.





Rival banksia or Wallum banksia. Banksia aemula (Banksia serrata). llustration by C. Curtis (Samuel's daughter?), engraved by...
Rival banksia or Wallum banksia. Banksia aemula (Banksia serrata). llustration by C. Curtis (Samuel's daughter?), engraved by Weddell. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Samuel Curtis's "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" 1826.. . Samuel Curtis, cousin and son-in-law to William Curtis, took over the Botanical Magazine in 1826. Samuel re-named it "The Curtis Botanical Magazine" and enlisted the help of William Jackson Hooker, Professor of Botany at Glasgow University. Samuel Curtis' daughters dre





Tulipa stellata. . Stellated East Indian tulip with white flowers, showing bulb, stamen and pistil details.. . Illustration b...
Tulipa stellata. . Stellated East Indian tulip with white flowers, showing bulb, stamen and pistil details.. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic





Deep velvety crimson rose also known as "The Fair Sultana" or "La Belle Sultane" (Rosa gallica maheka).. Le Maheka à fleurs s...
Deep velvety crimson rose also known as "The Fair Sultana" or "La Belle Sultane" (Rosa gallica maheka).. Le Maheka à fleurs simples. Origina unknown, introduced to France from Dutch nurseries circa 1794.. Hand-colored, octavo-size stipple copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Redoute's "Les Roses" 1828.





LIVING ROOM - Log house, Native American rugs. Wicker furniture. Pine tables, natural wicker chairs, quilt, large floral arra...
LIVING ROOM - Log house, Native American rugs. Wicker furniture. Pine tables, natural wicker chairs, quilt, large floral arrangement of tulips and forsythia, books, alcove of windows, beams, Palladian window above, cabin style, rustic





Fringed gentian with blue, lilac and white flowers, fringed petals. Gentiana crinita. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Mu...
Fringed gentian with blue, lilac and white flowers, fringed petals. Gentiana crinita. Illustration by Clarissa Badger, nee Munger, from "Wild Flowers, Drawn and Colored from Nature," New York, 1859. . Clarissa Munger (1806-1889) was born into an artistic family in East Guilford, Connecticut. Her father George was an engraver and miniaturist, and her sister Caroline painted portraits. Clarissa married the Rev. Milton Badger in 1828, and in 1848 published "Forget Me Not" with original watercolors,





Witheringia montana or solanum montanum. . Mountain potato. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copper...
Witheringia montana or solanum montanum. . Mountain potato. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Jose





A gold engraved paten. The centre with a roundel containing the figure of Christ bordered by a narrow band of quatrofoils, su...
A gold engraved paten. The centre with a roundel containing the figure of Christ bordered by a narrow band of quatrofoils, surrounded by fourteen cherubim. Probably Greek Orthodox, late 17th/early 18th century, 10.2cm across.





Hybrid pitcher plant, with mottled blood-red pitcher, raised by Dr. Masters.. Nepenthes mastersiana. Illustration by P. Stroo...
Hybrid pitcher plant, with mottled blood-red pitcher, raised by Dr. Masters.. Nepenthes mastersiana. Illustration by P. Stroobant, lithographed by L. Stroobant of Ghent, from Jean Linden's "L'Illustration Horticole" 1882.





BEDROOMS - Master bedroom with brown walls. Pink plaid shades and headboard, white bedding, white trim, taupe upholstered arm...
BEDROOMS - Master bedroom with brown walls. Pink plaid shades and headboard, white bedding, white trim, taupe upholstered arm chairs and round ottoman, radiator





Scarlet renanthera, Renanthera coccinea. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperpl...
Scarlet renanthera, Renanthera coccinea. Illustration drawn by William Jackson Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine," Samuel Curtis, 1830. Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Da





PORCH - Corner of screened porch with wicker couch. Birdhouses. Gray walls, soda fountain chairs, skirted table, grapevine ta...
PORCH - Corner of screened porch with wicker couch. Birdhouses. Gray walls, soda fountain chairs, skirted table, grapevine tacked up on walls, ceiling fan





Fashion, France, 20th century. Art Deco. Falbalas et Fanfreluches. Almanac for 1923: Entre deux feux (Between two fires).





LIVING ROOMS-Contemporary sleek look, beige colors with splash of rust red color on cushions and coffee table, minimal look, ...
LIVING ROOMS-Contemporary sleek look, beige colors with splash of rust red color on cushions and coffee table, minimal look, dark wood arm chairs , brass tables, sofas facing each other , large focus tree, wall sconces, left foreground partial quarter pie shaped table with turtle container





Two Tahitian women. Two Tahitian women walk along a shallow stream, wearing floral print 'pareus' (sarongs) and flowers. Tahi...
Two Tahitian women. Two Tahitian women walk along a shallow stream, wearing floral print 'pareus' (sarongs) and flowers. Tahiti, French Polynesia, 1965., Windward Islands (including Tahiti), French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean, Oceania.





BEDROOM - White brass bed. Stencil border on wall, one wall is terracotta and another is cream, large oil painting, bed stack...
BEDROOM - White brass bed. Stencil border on wall, one wall is terracotta and another is cream, large oil painting, bed stacked with vintage chenille bedspreads, crazy quilt pillows, striped curtains, sheer white curtains, eclectic mix, birds eye maple nightstand, vintage photos, shell art collection





Protea longiflora. . Long-flowered cream-coloured protea or sugarbush. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcol...
Protea longiflora. . Long-flowered cream-coloured protea or sugarbush. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's "The Botanical Magazine" 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' "Botanical Magazine" from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by h

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