Thistle in art nouveau patterns for wallpaper, fabric, borders and carved stone capital for a column. Lithograph by M. P. Verneuil with pochoir (stencil) handcoloring from Eugene Grasset's “Plants and their Application to Ornament,” Paris, 1897. Eugene Grasset (1841-1917) was a Swiss artist whose innovative designs inspired the “art nouveau” movement at the end of the 19th century.

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Size: 4203px × 6577px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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