Cyanotypes Anna Atkins pinched glass vanity flacon is as much a reason

is as much a reason to own it as the story within

each cast with remarkable feather detail — wings spread

and greens against a crackled cream ground

every surface carved into an interlocking pattern of leaves and flowers — each one individually worked with a precision that speaks to a deep and patient hand

This wall-mounted towel rack is a prime example of luxurious utilitarian design of the period

Cyanotypes Anna Atkins pinched glass vanity flacon is as much a reasonThe book documents her pioneering photographic studies of fern specimens, rendered in the distinctive prussian blue of the cyanotype process. Atkins worked in the 1840s, when photography was still nascent her methodical archive predates nearly all comparable scientific documentation. 10"L 3"W 12. 5"H