Pressed Flower Pictures: A Victorian Art Revived by McDowall, Pamela - 1969

Lutterworth Press, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8" x 10. P/B 78 pages plus plates, condition is very good. The standard work on this fascinating subject. You do not have to be able to draw,"or paint; and you can create something beautiful, which will please you and decorate your home, using materials which are free-flowers, stalks, ferns, grasses, garden weeds and wild flowers. Clear how-to-do it photographs show the author at work and her sketches explain how to set about designing and putting together a first picture. The plates illustrating Miss McDowall's work in full colour will inspire all readers to start making their own pictures at once. Illustrated with 57 photographs, including 25 colour plates and 11 diagrams.