Smyrna Fig
Smyrna Fig (Ficus) — USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection · Bertha Heiges · 1898.
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Where it works
The Smyrna fig, Bertha Heiges, 1898, is a yellow fruit with a cut half of pale gold seeds and a second fig left in pencil, with her note that it was unfinished. The working-sketch quality suits a study or bathroom at 12×18 in natural wood, with the Calimyrna fig.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Vintage botanical watercolour
- Era
- 1886–1942 (USDA watercolours)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- butter yellow, ochre, cream
- Mood
- airy, nostalgic
- Rooms
- bathroom, study or library
- 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. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other kitchen prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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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.
