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Pteridomania

Curated by Jennie D

Group Details:

Pteridomania, meaning Fern Madness or Fern Craze, a compound of Pteridophytes and mania, was coined in 1855 by Charles Kingsley in his book Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore.

Ferns, Spring
1971
George A. Tice
gelatin silver print on paper
Summer crested kimono with orchid design on purple crackled ground (hibiware)
circa 1950
Minagawa Gekka
crepe silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
Adiantum pedatum
1928
Karl Blossfeldt
rotogravure on paper
Gold-weight
20th century
Akan
brass
Ferns – Rogers Pass, B.C.
1974
Howard Bond
photograph on paper
Iro-Nabeshima Plate with Fern-frond Border Design, one of five
early 18th century
Japanese
porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting
Leaves and Ferns, Summer
1971
George A. Tice
gelatin silver print on paper
Stereoscope Image, Sample Set No.2: “Still, there’s no place like home”
printed 1978
Stereo Classics Studio
photograph on cardboard
Oaks in Birklands, Sherwood
circa 1871-1888
H. Cox; Alfred Wilson Cox
albumen print on paper
Nagoya-style Obi with wax-resist overall pattern of crackled pink-on-white, interrupted by wax-resist and embroidered designs of colorful tropical orchids
mid 20th century
Minagawa Gekka
satin damask silk with wax-resist pattern, hand-painted designs, and embroidery
Struthiopteris germanica
1928
Karl Blossfeldt
rotogravure on paper
Young Tree Fern, Fiordland National Park
2000
Howard Bond
photograph on paper
Rain Forest Floor, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
1999
Howard Bond
photograph on paper
Ferns, Italy
1999
Erica Lennard
gelatin silver print on paper

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