COLLECTION OF VINTAGE BOTANICAL PRINTS AND FLORAL GREETING CARDS - LATE 19TH TO MID-20TH CENTURY

A SUBSTANTIAL COLLECTION OF BOTANICAL PRINTS AND DECORATIVE FLORAL GREETING CARDS SPANNING THE LATE VICTORIAN THROUGH MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY PERIODS. THE LOT COMPRISES, PREDOMINANTLY FEATURING HAND-COLOURED OR LITHOGRAPHICALLY PRINTED BOTANICAL SPECIMENS INCLUDING IRISES, TULIPS, PEONIES, AND VARIOUS FLOWERING PLANTS RENDERED IN THE NATURALISTIC STYLE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PERIOD.

COMPOSITION AND CONTENT:
THE COLLECTION INCLUDES A MIX OF LOOSE PRINTS, MOUNTED CARD SPECIMENS, AND FOLDED GREETING CARDS. MANY PIECES FEATURE DELICATE WATERCOLOUR RENDERING OF INDIVIDUAL FLOWER STUDIES WITH BOTANICAL ACCURACY TYPICAL OF VICTORIAN-ERA HORTICULTURAL ILLUSTRATION. SEVERAL EXAMPLES DISPLAY THE CHARACTERISTIC PALE CREAM OR OFF-WHITE CARD STOCK COMMON TO EDWARDIAN AND EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY PRODUCTION. A NUMBER OF PIECES BEAR PRINTED TEXT OR VERSE ON VERSO, CONSISTENT WITH GREETING CARD USAGE.

CONDITION OVERVIEW:
THE COLLECTION EXHIBITS FAIR OVERALL CONDITION APPROPRIATE TO AGE. PAPER THROUGHOUT SHOWS NATURAL YELLOWING AND FOXING TO EDGES, PARTICULARLY VISIBLE ON OLDER SPECIMENS. WATERCOLOUR PIGMENTS DISPLAY MINOR FADING CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND HISTORICAL LIGHT EXPOSURE. CARD STOCK SHOWS CREASING AND EDGE WEAR FROM HANDLING AND STORAGE OVER DECADES. SEVERAL PIECES RETAIN EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS MOUNTING, WITH ADHESIVE RESIDUE VISIBLE ON VERSO. NO MAJOR TEARS, LOSSES, OR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OBSERVED. THE COLLECTION REMAINS SUITABLE FOR DISPLAY OR FURTHER CONSERVATION IF DESIRED.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- APPROXIMATE QUANTITY: 50-60 INDIVIDUAL PIECES
- PRIMARY SUBJECTS: BOTANICAL SPECIMENS INCLUDING IRISES, TULIPS, PEONIES, DAFFODILS, AND MIXED FLOWERING PLANTS
- PRINTING METHODS: HAND-COLOURED LITHOGRAPHY, WATERCOLOUR ON CARD, PRINTED GREETING CARDS
- CARD STOCK: CREAM, OFF-WHITE, AND PALE YELLOW TONES TYPICAL OF PERIOD PRODUCTION
- DIMENSIONS: PREDOMINANTLY 10-15 CM WIDTH, VARYING HEIGHTS FROM 12-20 CM

PROVENANCE:
THE COLLECTION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ACCUMULATED OVER TIME, LIKELY FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. STORAGE HISTORY SUGGESTS CAREFUL PRESERVATION IN A DRY ENVIRONMENT, THOUGH SOME PIECES SHOW EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS MOUNTING OR DISPLAY. NO MAKER ATTRIBUTIONS OR PUBLISHER MARKS ARE CLEARLY LEGIBLE ON ALL PIECES, THOUGH SEVERAL EXAMPLES MAY BEAR PUBLISHER INFORMATION ON VERSO.

THIS COLLECTION REPRESENTS A CHARMING ASSEMBLAGE OF DECORATIVE BOTANICAL EPHEMERA FROM A PERIOD WHEN SUCH PRINTS WERE POPULAR FOR BOTH AESTHETIC APPRECIATION AND HORTICULTURAL REFERENCE. SUITABLE FOR COLLECTORS OF VICTORIAN DECORATIVE ARTS, BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION, OR PERIOD EPHEMERA.

Condition: Fair - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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