Historical Styles
Kitchen Table Design
Commerce
Modernist Florals
100

This style of art features portraits with flowers that don't bloom at the same time

Flemish

100

During the colonial period, these were often placed on the dining table around the floral centerpeice

fruit and flowers

Also accepted: dried flowers and grasses were included IN fresh arrangements

100

American gardeners and botanists kept up correspondence with European nurserymen and traded this. Name 2

Information, plants, and seeds

100

Style characterized by modern, natural appearance. Arrangements became more expressive with feelings of movement and freedom. 

Free-form expression

200

This style used in America, copied Europe

Victorian

200

Colonists mainly focused on gardening, so this is what they would put in vases.
Name 2

wildflowers, grains, grasses

200

Due to active trading and economic development, these showed more diversity

early american containers / vases

200

Also considered moderneistic, a blend of several influences, and characterized by strong streamlined geometric lines, forms, and patterns (zigsag, pyramid, sunburst)

Art Deco

300

The arrangements of this time period/style is massed, rounded, or fan-shaped bouquets that are casual, open, and homespun

Colonial

300

Following the Revolutionary war, these styles were revived in protest of Europe

Federal and Greek

300

advances in flower production provided this change to many flowers. This change made it easier to use them in arrangements

increased stem length

300

This style of arrangements combine mass and line, symmetrical and asymmetrical forms in stiff vertical or horizontal lines.

Tightly packed, reminiscent of colonial style

Geometric mass design

400

This style's main theme was curvilinear lines, nature, the shape of plants or flowers, and the human form.

often arranges asymmetrically.

Art Nouveau

400

Early colonists used to use these as vases before modern commerce. Name 2

jugs, pottery pitchers, pewter and copper kettles, pans

400

Prior to 1912, almost any kind of flowers grouping (arranged or not) was called this

flower bouquet

400

Even the 1900's, florists were asked to make one-of-a-kind designs. Name one of the most notorious designs that was named in the text.

swan-like design, 10' high basket for President Roosevelt, bud vasse of dollar bills, technically accurate replica saddle, surprize box

500

Art Deco could often be seen incorporating this

driftwood, figurines, anthuriums

500

These flower arrangements were common for people to have in their homes for parties ever since the victorian era.

Table arrangements, table runners

500

In the '20s commercial floristry saw a trend in baskets. They were given for these events (name 1 of 2)

Birth, Harvest

500

Novelty arrangements like this became trendy and popular in the '30s, and is characterized by water. (revival of aquatic bouquet)

Submerged flowers, bubble bowl flowers,