Valentina Talks About the Mare Coralli Lampshade Among the pieces in the La Corallina collection, one lampshade...
There was a time, in the heart of the 18th century, when the world suddenly seemed to open up: curious men like the renowned French botanist André Michaux and the naturalist and illustrator Pierre-Joseph Redouté set sail toward the unknown, armed with sketchbooks and watercolors. They were pioneers of science and art, capturing in images what no one in Europe had ever seen before.