Victorian Funeral Basket Chatpile9725 roses conveyed love and sorrow

roses conveyed love and sorrow

Glossy paper

Measures approximately 2" in height by 0

Early 20th-century German museum postcard

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Victorian Funeral Basket Chatpile9725 roses conveyed love and sorrowRattan funeral baskets were common elements in Victorian funerary practices, serving as decorative frameworks for floral displays that conveyed symbolic messages of mourning, respect, and remembrance. Victorian mourning practices placed a strong emphasis on visual symbols of grief and these baskets were part of a broader cultural emphasis on elaborate mourning customs. The floral language of the time (floriography), was carefully considered in these