Author: Hayden, R.
Title: Mrs Delany: her life and her flowers
Description: British Museum Press, 1992.2nd edition (with minor amendments).Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 0714116321.V.g./V.g. An informative biography of a remarkable embroiderer and flower artist who, in her 70s, embarked on a project to produce flower collages using cut paper.A friend of the Duchess of Portland and an irrepressible letter-writer, her acute observations of the social scene and of her friends (who included Handel and Swift) painted an accurate picture of polite society in the 18th century.192 pp. copiously illustrated with full-page colour photographs and monochrome text figures.Includes an appendix listing the botanical names of the collages and their provenance. In English.1.0 kg.

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