Quoting RobinandKelly Dorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
The following quote is exemplifies what I'm interested in:
*wonderful quote snipped*
Susan Fenimore Cooper "Rural Hours by a Lady" 1854
Yeah. I *want* that book. She has a wonderful essay on Trillium in there. :-)
Of course, flowers and vegetation have been used as inspiration in both clothing and home textiles for eons, but there is a definate connection between botany becoming an acceptable pursuit for women and the "blossoming" of realistic floral forms as decoration during the Victorian period.
What kind of science do you do, if I can be nosey? If you want, we can go off-list ... Did you know Beatrix Potter was a lichenologist?
susan ----- Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Tennessee Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
