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2. Artificial plants - Wikipedia

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   Flower bouquet with prepared rose blossoms and silk flowers; The fifth is to mount the flower on a stalk of brass or iron wire wrapped with suitably colored material, and to add the leaves to complete the spray. [1] While the material most often used to make artificial flowers is polyester fabric, both paper and cloth flowers are also made with ...

3. Ikebana - Wikipedia

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   For instance, hanging vases came into use through the idea that flowers presented by an esteemed friend should not be placed where they could be looked down upon, so they were raised and hung. In hanging bamboo vases, the large, round surface on top is supposed to represent the moon, and the hole for the nail a star.

4. Flower paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe - Wikipedia

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   Georgia O'Keeffe, Untitled, vase of flowers, watercolor on paper, 17 + 3 ⁄ 4 in × 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (45.1 cm × 29.2 cm), between 1903 and 1905. O'Keeffe experimented with depicting flowers in her high school art class. Her teacher explained how important it was to examine the flower before drawing it.

5. Tulip vase - Wikipedia

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   Delftware tulip vase, 18th century. Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam Delft Flower pyramid A 12-metre tall replica of the tulip vase pyramid in Delft. A tulip vase, or pyramid vase, is a vase designed to put cut flowers and especially tulips in, but it primarily serves as a decorative showpiece.

6. Court Ladies Preparing Newly Woven Silk - Wikipedia

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   The painting depicts an annual imperial ceremony of silk production, held in spring. It shows three groups of Tang dynasty court ladies at work. Viewing from left, one figure sitting on the ground is preparing a thread and the other is sewing while sitting on a stool. The right group of four ladies are pounding the silk with wooden poles.

7. 1939 New York World's Fair - Wikipedia

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   The Times credited Lee Lawrie—who oversaw the installation of the fair's artwork—with describing the sculptures as "an essential part of the fair". [374] Three of the sculptures were intended to be preserved after the fair: Robert Foster 's Textile , Lawrence Tenney Stevens 's The Tree of Life , and Waylande Gregory 's Fountain of the Atom ...