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The Plant in Art and Craft
Anton Seder, 1886
reproductionpre1931-platerights: pending
Stylized plants unfurl across gold-printed folio plates built expressly as working models for artisans in metal, enamel, and glass.
Why it matters
One of the founding Art Nouveau pattern folios, issued in Vienna to put nature directly into the hands of the decorative crafts.
Notice
Seder flattens each plant into a symmetrical device already halfway to a cast ornament.
Meaning
A pattern book is a workshop before the first tool is lifted.
Source
Anton Seder, Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe (ed. Martin Gerlach), Vienna: Gerlach & Schenk, 1886 view source ↗
Material
gold, enamel
Rights: PENDING. A named source is not the same as registry clearance. Basis on file: PD-pre1931. Shown for this preview only; not offered for sale.
The Art Nouveau Jewel