Livre de fleurs & de feuilles pour servir à l'art d'orfèvre (Book of Flowers and Leaves to Serve the Art of the Goldsmith)

Salomon Savery, artist

1594–1683

François Lefebvre, artist

active 1635–1657

Livre de fleurs & de feuilles pour servir à l'art d'orfèvre (Book of Flowers and Leaves to Serve the Art of the Goldsmith), 1639

Where object was made: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Material/technique: engravings

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): each approx. 163 x 136 mm
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Barbara Benton Wescoe Fund

Accession number: 2013.0044.01-5

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Big Botany: Conversations with the Plant World

So-called “ornament prints,” like these engravings of flowers and leaves, were made as models for the decorative arts. The use of these prints is articulated on the title page: “to serve the art of the goldsmith.”

Plants offered artists aesthetically pleasing subject matter, ideal for the display of elegant curving lines and delicate, harmonious compositions, while simultaneously spurring their imaginations through the seemingly infinite possibilities inspired by the botanical world.

Big Botany: Conversations with the Plant World