<I>Bouquet holder, bird motif</I>
3.8 cm 11.4 cm
Fuente Source image · Smithsonian Gardens, Horticultural Artifacts Collection. Gift of Frances Jones Poetker.Images (2)
Flowers used for personal adornment were a popular, almost mandatory, fashion accessory in the nineteenth century. Small bouquets, called nosegays, posies, or tussie mussies were carried by debutantes, matrons, and girls, and they were a popular gift in the mid to late 1800s among friends and suitors. They were typically created in concentric rings of flowers, tightly wound together, and were ofte
- Crédito: Smithsonian Gardens, Horticultural Artifacts Collection. Gift of Frances Jones Poetker.
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