Carnation Gallery

Red Carnation and Lavender, from Hortus Eystettensis, by Basil Besler (1561-1629), pub

I Caryophyllus maximus plenus flore rubro II Lavendula flore albo III Lavendula flore coeruleo. Besler was an apothecary in Nuremberg and was in charge of the gardens at the Prince Bishop near Eichstat

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Essempio di recammi, page 10 (verso), 1530. Creator: Giovanni Antonio Tagliente

Essempio di recammi, page 10 (verso), 1530. Examples of Needlework by Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, first published in 1527, was one of the first textile pattern books to be issued in Italy

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16th Century, Aquilegia, Arts, B W, Black And White, Black White, Book, Bw, Carnation, Century, Columbine, Country, Decoration, Decorative, Design, Dressmaking, Embroidery, Esempio Di Raccammi, Essempio Di Recammi, Floral, Flower, Flowered, Flowers, Fuchsia, Giovannantonio Tagliente, Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, Grannys Bonnet, Heritage Art, Industrial, Industry, Italian, Italy, Literature, Location, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Museum, Nature, Needlework, Pattern, Patterns, Plant, Plants, Rose, Roses, Sewing, Sixteenth Century, Tagliente Giovannantonio, Tagliente Giovanni Antonio, Textile Industry, Textiles, The Met, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Thistle, Woodcut

Dianthhus caryophyllus, pub. 1836. Creator: Panacre Bessa (1772-1846)

Dianthhus caryophyllus, illustration from Flore des jardiniers, amateurs et manufacturiers: D'après les dessins de Bessa. Extraits de l'Herbier de l'amateur., pub. 1836 (hand coloured engraving). Wild carnation, native to Mediterranean; parent of numerous biennal cultivars

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19th Century, Botanical, Botany, Buds, Carnation, Carnations, Clove Pink, Dianthus, Dianthus Caryophyllus, Flore Des Jardiniers, Flower, Flowers, Hand Coloured Engraving, Historica Graphica Collection, Leaves, Nature, Panacre Bessa 1772 1846, Plant Plants, Stem