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Twining Brodiaea Botanical Illustration by Louis van Houtte, 19th Century
Birds, Plants & Natural History

Twining Brodiaea Botanical Illustration by Louis van Houtte, 19th Century

$155
€140 · dollar price at today's exchange rate

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Shipping to the United States: $51 standard, $73 express, insured and tracked.

Kind
Birds, Plants & Natural History
Size
24 × 16 cm (9.4 × 6.3 in)
Condition
Good. The condition of this print is good, with vibrant colors and clear details that have been well-preserved over time. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scans carefully.
Places
California
Reference
BG-13748-7
What the condition grades mean
Excellent
Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good
Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good
Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair
Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.
Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Brodiaea volubilis, a chromolithograph from Louis van Houtte's Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, issued in Ghent in the nineteenth century. The sheet is lettered "Brodiaea volubilis T. G. Baker", with the origin "Californie" and the cultivation note "Châssis froid" (cold frame), and is numbered 1087 at the left margin.

A rounded head of small pink, white and blue flowers sits on a straight stem, with starry open blooms mixed with closed pink buds. The notable feature of the plant is its leaves: long, pale green ribbons that twist and loop in wide curves around the stem and across the sheet, giving the plate its flowing, decorative shape. Below, three small dissections in outline show the flower opened up and a detail of the stamens.

The plant is a Californian bulb, and Van Houtte's series made such introductions available to European growers through hand-finished color plates.

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