Collection Tropiques
A traveling collection linked to the history of botany.
Through this collection, our workshops revive the tradition of the botanical illustration, so dear to the 18th century, which served simultaneously as a tool for understanding nature, a precious collector's item, and a visual art form in its own right. This is exemplified by the illustrious Pierre-Joseph Redouté, painter at the court of Versailles and later for Josephine de Beauharnais. An essential artist for botanists, nicknamed "the Raphael of flowers," he is particularly renowned for his watercolors of roses.
The painting of botanists was also nourished by great expeditions like that of James Cook, which allowed them to discover other lands and immerse themselves in an exotic and new nature, from which they extracted the essence through their observations.
The Tropiques collection showcases botanical motifs, jungles, rainforests, banana trees, cut-out foliage, and intoxicating flowers from paradise destinations. The handmade designs, drawn in pencil and painted with gouache in our workshops, highlight this enduring desire for exoticism.
