{"product_id":"paper-garden-mrs-delany-begins-her-lifes-work-at-72-9781408829387","title":"Paper Garden: Mrs Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper Garden: Mrs Delany Begins Her Life's Work at 72\u003c\/strong\u003e by Molly Peacock. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781408829387.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the next decade, Mrs. Delany produced an astonishing 985 botanically correct, breathtaking cut-paper flowers, now housed in the British Museum and referred to as the \"Flora Delanica.\" As she tracks the extraordinary life of Delany--friend of George Frideric Handel and Jonathan Swift--internationally acclaimed poet Molly Peacock weaves in delicate parallels in her own life and, in doing so, creates a profound and beautiful examination of the nature of creativity and art. This gorgeously designed book, featuring thirty-five full-color illustrations, is to be devoured as voraciously as one of the court dinners it describes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BLOOMSBURY PAPERBACKS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45213089660981,"sku":"ByrdShop_140882938X","price":90.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781408829387_a634674c-5757-451f-972f-5a7a4c2cd7f4.jpg?v=1779911395","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/paper-garden-mrs-delany-begins-her-lifes-work-at-72-9781408829387","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}