Reading Winter Pear
Reading Winter Pear (Pyrus communis) — USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection · Deborah Griscom Passmore · 1898.
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Where it works
Passmore's 1898 Reading Winter is a plump yellow pear lightly freckled, with a shadow beneath, halved below to cream flesh and brown seeds. Its clean yellow suits a breakfast nook at 12×18 in natural wood, hung beside the Beurré Baltet for two golden pears.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Vintage botanical watercolour
- Era
- 1886–1942 (USDA watercolours)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- yellow, cream, ochre
- Mood
- warm, calm
- Rooms
- kitchen
- Good gift for
- cooks
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. The label ground is its own mat: a slim black or natural wood frame, no extra mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other kitchen prints (10% off three or more).
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