Floral History

By DionRamsey
  • 2800 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians
    a typical design consisted of a
    single flower with a single bud or leaf on
    either side repeated as a unit
  • 600 BCE

    Greeks

    Greeks
    Used flowers for adornment. Continued the use of wreaths and
    garlands. Created the “Horn of Plenty” or Cornucopia
  • 28 BCE

    Romans

    Romans
    Designs of garlands, wreaths and crowns
    were more elaborate than those of the Greek. Began the use of flowers for fragrant purposes.
  • 320

    Byzantines

    Byzantines
    Brought together Greek and Roman
    Period influences. Began to incorporate fruit within garlands. Placed arrangements in baskets, goblets or low containers.
  • 378

    Battle of Adrianople

    Battle of Adrianople
    Goth army defeats Roman forces under Emperor Valens
  • 410

    Alaric I Sacks Rome

    Alaric I Sacks Rome
    Rome overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
  • 1400

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Created large, symmetrical
    arrangements with bright colors. More naturalistic look. Used flowers for more than religious purposes. Introduced the Christmas wreath
  • 1400

    Flemish

    Flemish
    Created an oval shape with mismatched flowers. Utilized a lavish design with different shapes, textures and colors. Depth and dimension were important factors. Arrangements commonly used
    urns as a base.
  • 1504

    Crafty Columbus Plays a Leap Year Trick

    Crafty Columbus Plays a Leap Year Trick
    Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians

  • 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.

  • Victory in Battle

    Victory in Battle
    Battle of Naseby, Leicestershire: "New Model Army" under Oliver Cromwell & Thomas Fairfax beat royalists forces of English King Charles I

  • Colonial Williamsburg

    Colonial Williamsburg
    Placed grasses, flowers and foliage into fan-shaped arrangements. Began to mix different floral bouquets together.

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    The Treaty of Paris, also known as the Treaty of 1763, was signed on 10 February 1763 by the kingdoms of Great Britain, France and Spain, with Portugal in agreement, after Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War.

  • Victorian

    Victorian
    Used foliage and grasses to contrast
    textures. Placed flowers in very low containers. Upper-class show of wealth.