*Albert Marquet (1875-1947), "Flowering Tree," undated, via le jardin robo.*"Gertrude always loved her flowers 1937," from the Peter J. Cohen collection.*Poem by “Michael Field,” the pen name of Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper, published in 1893.*Sawkille Minnewaska sconce.*"Medaljonger" tapestry designed by Märta Måås-Fjetterström in 1926.*One pressed dried rose which had been worn by the English poet George Gordon Byron on his lapel when he toured the frigate U.S.S. Constitution, anchored off Leghorn (Livorno), Italy, on May 21, 1822. The rose was given as a memento to Catharine Potter Stith, who was on board the ship with her husband Townshend Stith; the following day Byron sent her a volume of Goethe's Faust accompanied by an autograph note. The faded red rose consists of the blossom only, minus stem and leaves.*Estrid Ericson at her summer house, Tolvekarna, in 1942, photographed by Bo Törngren, via Svenkst Tenn. (More photos here, including a truly enviable picnic set-up.)*At…
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