MÉTIERS D'ART - FLORILÈGE

A VIBRANT TRIBUTE TO THE DELICATENESS OF ENGLISH BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY. Taken from the famous "The Temple of Flora" by Robert John Thornton, published in 1799, the plants grow over the dials of watches that combine several artistic crafts: guillochage, enamelling and gemsetting. Thornton, a physician, was also a passionate botanist. He spared no pains in the production o