Embrace the elegance of the French courts by decorating your walls with this gorgeous botanical illustration of the Star Fruit (Thrumwort). The original was created on vellum between 1802 and 1816 for Redouté’s magnificent series of works entitled Les Liliacées, featuring this beautiful and rare plant known as Alisma damasonium, which is a wildflower native to all of West Europe and the Mediterranean. As a master at capturing the elegance of flowers, Pierre-Joseph Redouté was appointed the court painter of flowers for Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. A master at stippling technique, he was known as the “Raphael of Flowers.” The print reproduces Redouté’s meticulous accuracy while maintaining the ethereal beauty of early nineteenth century watercolors. It features its characteristic five-star fruit and elegant lines.
