In the 1630s the price of a Tulip bulb in Holland rose to ten times the average earnings of a skilled craftsperson. It was a Dutch Golden Age that was later termed Tulip Mania and has become a metaphor for the bubble and burst of economic booms.
So the tulip has a significant history and attributes of rarity and momentous value. As a consequence it was the flower of choice in many 17th and 18th century Dutch Masterpieces.
This was the starting point for my >Augustus Sempus Tulip Mania< Art knit.
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