The Book of Flowers Taschen Flatware Handsome and refined

Handsome and refined

Cast from high quality

this engraved plate must be a contender

During the fall and winter holidays

Olive green and rich honey and brown tones make up this classic French majolica bivalve plate handmade in northern France

The Book of Flowers Taschen Flatware Handsome and refinedFlower painter Pierre Joseph Redout (17591840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleons wife Josephine, he was dubbed the Raphael of flowers, and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration.