| Florentine Designs Ltd | Florentine designs three dimensional botanical and nautical art, nature themed pictures, hand made works of art in the natural genre, wall decor, shells, minimalist, coastal, exotics, exclusive - unusual shadow boxes, wall art, office art, office decor, prints, frames, conversation pieces, modern natural, natural, something unusual, something different, creative art, hand made, relaxed formal, Florentine minimalist nature theme designs. |
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From time to time something interesting, unusual, rare, or
simply too good to say no to crosses our path. Usually this is
an etching or a print,
lithograph or suchlike. Occasionally, if it falls within our
genre, we take it to our studio and weeks,
month, or even - as in the case of one item, a year later it emerges to our
satisfaction.
To pass our 'test' an item must be "simple
but elegant" and 'speak it's quality'. .
Here are some examples:
First, a series 0f 6
exceptional quality near-original reprints
from 'The Oaks of North America' by Andre Michaux, c 1800.
Dimensions
are: 24.25” x
19” (62 x 48cm)
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| The Oaks of North America’, published in Paris, 1801. Andre Michaux. Friend to Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington! * Truly a magnificent series. Here they are shown framed in the manner of a master-framer in the early 19th century. The frames are fully hand made and hand finished. We offer this series framed in Ash, finished as medium oak. The centre-frame is polished by hand to a gentle sheen. The outer frame is sealed with colour, then shellac, then hand polished to a warm oak colour. |
Appointed Kings botanist Andre Michaux arrived in New York in 1785 soon establishing a garden and base in New Jersey. An energetic fellow, he then moved south and begun work on an 11 acre garden in Charleston. He travelled down to Spanish Florida and North to Quebec in search of rare and unusual plants. His primary mission was to send back to France tree species to help replenish her forests sorely depleted from years of building ships of war. He is credited with introducing the mimosa, crepe myrtle, camellia and tea plant to America! |
Next a series 0f 3 elegant
reprints from an English artist who (in this instance) captured the spirit of
October
with admirable restraint and stunning simplicity.
The artwork has a slight emboss-indent which can best be see in the right
hand image. It makes for a very
nice effect.
Framed in Ash, with a pale colour wash
then hand polish. The inner frame also has a pale backing colour which
is
them lime-washed and waxed to provide no challenge to the image.
Dimensions are (approx) 57 x 37cm (22.5 x
14.5").
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