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Seasonal Floral Arrangement of Your Choice, Value $100
- Item Number
- 9681
- Estimated Value
- 100 USD
- Sold
- 65 USD to jlarsen
- Number of Bids
- 8 - Bid History
Item Description
Seasonal Floral Arrangement of your choice. $100 value.
"Some flowers spoke with strongand powerful voices, which proclaimed
in accents trumpet-tongued,"I am beautiful, and I rule". Others murmured in tones scarcely audible, but exquisetly soft and sweet, I am little, and I am beloved"."
-- George Sand (Armandine A.L. Dupin), (1804 - 1876) French writer
Joy and jealousy, desire and dejection, solitude and sadness, loyalty and love — flowers echo each voice of the human heart.
While the symbolic and legendary meanings of flowers were known to many during Elizabethan times, it was the Victorians who assigned simple messages to individual flowers. Introduced to the Swedish court in 1714 by Charles II, the Victorian mode of flower language soon spread throughout Europe.
During this time of strict protocol and conformity, men and women used the beauty and color of flowers to express emotions, wishes and thoughts they dared not speak, and every corsage, bouquet, and garland represented a carefully chosen sentiment. Presentation was also important; for example, a bouquet with a ribbon tied to the left told about the giver, while a ribbon tied to the right signified the receiver. Upside-down bouquets portrayed the exact opposite of the flowers' common meanings: to receive an inverted rose was the ultimate form of rejection.
Flower Language became so important that durch die Blume sprechen (speaking through flowers) became a Western proverb, which meant any flowery or poetic expression hiding a secret message of love.
Item Special Note
- Winner will need to contact the Donor to check in within 30 days of the close of the auction.
- Floral arranment offer expires October 31, 2008. Must be used within that time.
- Exclusions: Valentines Day and Mothers Day. All other days and Holidays included.
Jackie Ricketts
Pearson's Florist
390 East Monte Vista Avenue
Vacaville, CA 95688
707-446-1411
www.Pearsonsflorist.com
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