I was turned onto the incredible paper-tissue botanical creations by Mary Delany by a kindred fab florist friend and I was immediately smitten. Even more so when I learned that Mrs. Delany was in her seventies when she created most of these exquisite, "Paper Mosaiks," totaling almost 1,700, all around the same time as George Washington was crossing the Delaware. Mrs. Delany was an avid gardener and she created her paper-tissue botanicals with extraordinary accuracy, often with multiple layers of her hand-colored tissue paper. I'm putting, "Mrs. Delany and Her Circle," on my wish list to learn more about her life and her beautiful botanicals. Above images found here. Two of the books about Mary Delany.
25 Nov	This entry was published on November 25, 2013 at 8:31 am. It's filed under 18th Century Paper Flowers: Mary Delany and tagged "Mrs. Delany and Her Circle, "Paper Mosaiks", Mary Delany, Paper-tissue botanicals from the 18th Century.	Bookmark the permalink.	Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.