THE ROSE GARDEN
The Rose
Redouté’s roses, drawn bloom by bloom from the Empress Joséphine’s garden at Malmaison — the most beloved flower plates ever engraved.
1817–1824
The Cabbage Rose
The most beloved rose plate ever engraved.
Rosa centifolia
1817–1824
The French Rose
Joséphine’s roses, drawn from life at Malmaison.
Rosa gallica aurelianensis
1817–1824
The Moss Rose
A white rose furred with green, in perfect stipple.
Rosa muscosa alba
1817–1824
The White Moss Rose
The moss rose in white — the sepals furred like green velvet.
Rosa centifolia muscosa alba
1817–1824
The Burgundy Rose
A pompon barely an inch across, with more petals than a rose four times the size.
Rosa centifolia burgundiaca
1817–1824
The Cumberland Rose
A crimson centifolia, drawn at the height of Redouté’s stipple.
Rosa centifolia anglica rubra
1817–1824
The Hedge Rose
A wild rose of the hedgerows, given the treatment reserved for empresses.
Rosa sepium
1817–1824
The Double Moss Rose
The moss rose in full — the bloom crowded, the bud furred green.
Rosa centifolia muscosa
1817–1824
Evrat’s Rose
A named garden rose of the 1810s — a plate that preserves a variety otherwise lost.
Rosa evratina
1817–1824
The Frankfurt Rose
The swollen, turban-shaped hip that gives the rose its name.
Rosa turbinata
1817–1824
The Bouquet Bengal Rose
A China rose that flowers in clusters — and flowers again, and again.
Rosa indica sertulata
1817–1824
The Kamchatka Rose
A rose from the Russian far east, at the cold end of the genus.
Rosa kamtschatica