{"product_id":"pervenche-dessechee-dried-periwinkle","title":"Pervenche Desséchée (Dried Periwinkle)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePervenche Desséchée \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eby J.J. Grandville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ec.1847-1867\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHand-colored Engraving\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis hand-colored 1847 engraving by J.J. Grandville depicts the \"Dried Periwinkle\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePervenche desséchée\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) personified as an elegant woman with her eyes closed. She is illustrated with a bonnet made of periwinkle petals and a dress fashioned from green leaves and a central stem, giving the appearance of a pressed flower flattened onto a sheet of paper. The whimsical artwork is part of the celebrated series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLes Fleurs Animées\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, where common plants are reimagined as stylish ladies reflecting the 1840s French fashion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLes Fleurs Animées\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e belongs to Grandville’s most celebrated illustrated projects and reflects the broader nineteenth-century fascination with the personification of nature through visual culture. Grandville, a leading French caricaturist and book illustrator, was known for his imaginative hybridizations of human, animal, and botanical forms, which often carried satirical and allegorical undertones. In this series, each flower is transformed into a female personification whose costume and gestures are designed to reflect the perceived character and symbolic associations of the plant itself. The work is significant for its fusion of natural history illustration, decorative fantasy, and moralized allegory, and it anticipates later developments in surrealist visual language by collapsing distinctions between organic life, mythological reference, and human behavior into a single imaginative system.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH 10 ¼” x 7”W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Slight discoloration at edges consistent with age\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53534211211543,"sku":"PR0114-3","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/IMG_46352.jpg?v=1781282343","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/pervenche-dessechee-dried-periwinkle","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}