Pteridomania
Sign in to savethumb|"Gathering Ferns" (Helen Allingham) from [[The Illustrated London News, July 1871]]
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- Description
- Collection and cultivation
- Decorative art
- Other species
- Effects on native populations
- Outside the United Kingdom
- References
- Notes
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thumb|"Gathering Ferns" (Helen Allingham) from [[The Illustrated London News, July 1871]]
Pteridomania or fern fever was a Victorian craze for ferns. Decorative arts of the period presented the fern motif in pottery, glass, metal, textiles, wood, printed paper, and sculpture, with ferns "appearing on everything from christening presents to gravestones and memorials".
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