Flower Sellers - Pictures list

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Flower sellers vintage photographic prints from Quirky Prints

In the early 20th century, flower sellers were a common sight on London’s streets and many flower sellers vintage photographic prints exist to remind us just how much in evidence they were.

"All A-blowin' and A-growin", was the commonly heard street cry of flower sellers, who had called it out loud since the Victorian period. Cut flowers were bought by those who had no garden but wanted flowers for buttonholes, as a table decoration, or simply to brighten a room. Scented flowers - wallflowers, pinks, mignonette, and stocks - were among the most popular and the flowers were bought from Covent Garden Market. Women flower-sellers carrying large baskets were to be seen on the streets of London until the mid 1940s, but were gradually forced out of business by florists' shops.

The image of flower seller is an enduring one. Its popularity with subsequent generations has been assured by its inclusion in much loved musicals, such as Oliver and images on fine ceramics and porcelain figurines, such as Royal Doulton’s ‘The Flower Seller’.

flower sellers vintage photographic prints were also taken in their numbers years ago, as the tapestry of city life was captured on film. When the team at Quirky Prints set about researching and finding vintage photographs for their website, their hunt for old images took them to hundreds of antique shops, collectors’ fairs, vintage photograph dealers and specialists around the country.

The resulting collection is literally thousands of hand-picked vintage photographs, on all manner of topics, including landscapes, people, shops, far-flung civilizations and transport from years ago. And among the many hand coloured, sepia and old black and white photographs that were collected, were some fascinating and evocative flower sellers vintage photographic prints from years gone by.

Within the dedicated FLOWER SELLERS category on their website, Quirky Prints offers a selection of these unique vintage photographs. Old women sit with baskets of over sized and exotic blooms, or stand by displays of scented sweet Williams, while groups of flower sellers pose with their baskets full of lily of the valley and peonies. All are captured in evocative sepia or black and white photographic detail.

These old, forgotten, but delightful vintage photographs, make stunning framed pictures. They become unique artworks, which can be hung in our homes, or bought as original and unique gift for friends. No matter that we know nothing of the people or places in these old photographs. They are moments frozen in time. Pictures with their own unique story to tell. And they have as much meaning and resonance with us today, as they had for those involved in creating the vintage photograph all those years ago.

The original flower sellers vintage photographic prints are all reproduced on finest grade, heavyweight art paper, to preserve all the fine detail and quality of the image. They are then enlarged and presented in contemporary metal frames, which have been carefully chosen both to improve the images and to complement any style of home decor.

Wall decor is often an underestimated interior design accessory - but a necessary one. It makes a home more personal and welcoming, heightens the style of interior decoration or decor theme and provide a strong focal point for a room. Having some fine art prints on the walls adds real character to a home. Vintage prints in particular are very impactful, with their arresting images in striking tones of sepia, black and white, or delicate hand colouring .

When it comes to interior design ideas and choosing framed art for your home – or for someone else’s space - there are a few things that are helpful to bear in mind. Firstly, think about the room the framed picture is going to be hung in. Is it an office space that would benefit from a scenic or more intriguing framed art – or as bedroom wall decor that wants some more tranquil or romantic imagery.

When choosing artwork, you often need to be mindful of the decor theme that they are going to be put in. However, the beauty of vintage prints is that their sepia, black and white, or delicate hand colouring works well in any style of interior or decor – modern or traditional, bright or neutral. This makes choosing your wall decor much easier - particularly if it’s as a unique gift - as you can be sure that it will look stunning in its final hanging place.

To get the maximum effect from your wall decor, adding character and a focal point to the room, you need to give some careful consideration to where and how you want to hang them. Whether it is several images in a tight cluster, one striking vintage art print in a hallway, or a large format black and white print above a sitting room sofa, this will help you to find out the size and shape of the Quirky Print you choose to buy.

For anyone who is uninspired and bored with the same prints offered for sale in the high street – those thousands of similar pictures that appear in thousands of homes across the UK - Quirky Prints offers something new, some different. Something Quirky in fact!

There are thirty-two other categories to choose from on the Quirky Prints website - from Agriculture to World War II – with thousands of images taken from original vintage photographs. Each of the old black and white photographs has been carefully restored to remove any damage, but preserve the originality of the image. Others have been painstakingly hand coloured, or had their original colours restored.

The result is a remarkable visual time capsule of years gone by. Within the collection of flower sellers vintage photographic prints on the Quirky Prints website, we can share the atmosphere and life of the streets, from all those years ago.