ROSE BOOK (HB)

Featuring 220 exquisite images, The Rose Book reveals depictions as diverse as the plant’s own varieties - from wild ramblers to cultivated Hybrid Teas, botanical illustrations to fashion design, fragrance to film, fine art to photography. Works by figures such as Pierre-Joseph Redoute, Christian Dior, Georgia O’Keeffe, Irving Penn, Tiffany & Co., Alexander McQueen, Vincent van Gogh, and many more are artfully paired to reveal intriguing juxtapositions. Fascinating essays explore horticultural history, the rose in fashion and perfume, its use as a symbol of beauty and love, and as political and religious icon.