APPERLEY BOUQUET handblock

One of the largest handblocks in the collection, with a repeat of 153cm and 122 blocks per repeat. First engraved in 1923, this generous and grandiose hand-tied bouquet incorporates old English roses, periwinkles, foxgloves, hollyhocks and antirrhinums, with trailing bouquets framing the repeat. Re-coloured and blocked onto a beautiful rustic linen, the effect is richly impressionistic.