Saffron Crocus
Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus) — Les Liliacées · Pierre-Joseph Redouté · 1802–1816.
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Where it works
A single purple Saffron Crocus with red stigmas drawn whole from flower to bulb and roots, with a pencil study beside it, in Redouté's plate on a pale yellow page. Small and precise for a kitchen, bathroom or desk wall on white or sage at 12×18 in natural wood, with his Dog's-tooth Violet.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique botanical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- purple, butter yellow, cream
- Mood
- minimal, scholarly
- Rooms
- kitchen, bathroom, study or library, bedroom
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other botanical prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
