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History of Floral Design

  • Egyptians
    2800 BCE

    Egyptians

    Used followers for decorations, wreaths and temple. Utilized simplistic design principles. Applied a particular pattern several times.
  • Greeks
    600 BCE

    Greeks

    Used flowers for adornment, continued the use of wreaths and garlands, created the “horn of plenty” or cornucopia.
  • Byzantines
    600

    Byzantines

    Brought together Greek and Roman period influences, began to incorporate fruit within garlands, places arrangements in baskets, goblets, or low containers.
  • Renaissance
    1400

    Renaissance

    Created large, symmetrical arrangements with bright colors. Used flowers for more than religious purposes. Introduced the Christmas wreath.
  • Baroque

    Baroque

    Created symmetrical designs, then shifted to asymmetrical designs. Marked the beginning of the hogarth curve, or S-curve. Utilized large containers with elaborate arrangements made with several different types of flowers.
  • Early American

    Early American

    Created arrangements for personal adornment and decorations around the home. Used any flower available and placed all arrangements into household containers.
  • Colonial Williamsburg

    Colonial Williamsburg

    Placed grasses, flowers, and foliage into fan shaped arrangements.Began to mix different floral bouquets together.
  • Victorian

    Victorian

    Used foliage and grasses to contrast textures and placed flowers in very low containers.
  • American Federal

    American Federal

    Began to focus on the charm of an individual flower, strayed away from large amounts of mixed floral bouquets. Used fewer flowers in containers.
  • Modern

    Modern

    Marked the beginning of a container made specifically to hold flowers in small bouquets. Also known as the contemporary. Combined like elements from the the Japanese and mass designs from the europeans.