Tender Greens

ERT-009 Ming Xia Play 1

ERT-010 Ming Xia Play 2

The above diptych paintings were inspired from an original painting made by Xia Kui of the  Ming Dynasty.  The original work dates to the 15th century and displays children playing in the garden in traditional games.  

LZU-014 White Vine P2

LZU-013 White Vine P1

A collection of floral illustrations of plants and flowers from the coast of Coromandel of India inspired the following pillows.  The original works were printed by W. Bulmer and Company for G. Nicol Booksellers and the work is housed at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.  The botanical plates date back to the 18th century and document specimens in the Coromandel coast, which stretches from Tamil Nadu to the Andhra Pradesh states of India.  The above vine is Thunbergia Fragrans, also more commonly known as Whitelady vine.  The below pillows were inspired from the botanical plates documenting the specimen Limonia pentapphylla.  And the last set is inspired from the speciment Swietenia Chloroxylon.  

LZU-017 Limonia P1

LZU-018 Limonia P2

limonia pentaphylla

LZU-015 Fan Fern LP1

LZU-016 Fan Fern RP2

swietenia chloroxylon