{"product_id":"orange-bigarrade-couronnee-affiche-50x70cm","title":"Orange Crowned Seville Orange - Poster 50x70cm","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\n\u003cem\u003eAurantium coronatum\u003c\/em\u003e - Crowned Bitter Orange\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Crowned Bitter Orange owes its name to the word \u003cem\u003ebigarre\u003c\/em\u003e, from the Latin \u003cem\u003ebis varius\u003c\/em\u003e, which evokes both variety of form and color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis spectacular fruit, adorned with a salient circle at its apex, \u003cstrong\u003ewas long cultivated in French orangeries less for its flesh than for the splendor and incomparable fragrance of its flowers\u003c\/strong\u003e, the largest and sweetest among citrus fruits. In the 19th century, it also served as a preferred rootstock, more resistant than the lemon tree, ensuring healthy and sustainable harvests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Crowned Bitter Orange tree is distinguished by its majestic habit, its vivid green foliage, and its generous bloom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIts spherical fruits, 54 to 80 millimeters in diameter, are marked by a characteristic raised circle.\u003c\/strong\u003e Inside, ten segments contain vesicles with a sweet-sour juice. Specimens cultivated in Parisian orangeries rarely produced seeds, unlike the Provençal bitter oranges sought for sowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheir dried peel had numerous uses: in medicine, pantry, and cooking.\u003c\/strong\u003e As for the juice, it advantageously replaced lemon in many culinary preparations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis plate is taken from Pierre-Antoine Poiteau and Pierre Jean François Turpin's \u003cem\u003eTraité des Arbres Fruitiers\u003c\/em\u003e, a fruit encyclopedia published between 1807 and 1835, a major reference for 19th-century naturalistic illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt combines the rigor of scientific drawing with a rare artistic sensibility, characteristic of the great plates of the golden age of botanical illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an anecdote, this plate was used by Salvador Dali for his lithography series '\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.poiteau-botaniste.com\/collections\/flordali-les-planches-botaniques-de-poiteau-et-turpin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Flordali - les planches originales de Poiteau et Turpin\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eFlordali, les Fruits\u003c\/a\u003e' in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinting, support, shipping\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eEach poster is printed using \u003cb\u003e12-color Giclée printing\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ethe benchmark for art studios\u003c\/b\u003e for rendering fine tones, subtle gradients, and the most delicate botanical details.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e200 g\/m² paper weight, soft matte finish, 0.26 mm thickness: \u003cb\u003ea rendering close to the original engraving\u003c\/b\u003e, clear, non-reflective, designed for hanging.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on \u003cb\u003eFSC certified paper\u003c\/b\u003e, produced individually upon order.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003eShipped in a rigid protective tube\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Poiteau Botaniste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58205011607936,"sku":"adc6c1e9-841a-4012-acd1-ccb016bc2aa3","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/3356\/7360\/files\/be284d51-efbe-4ef0-8dd4-f96198d9aaf6.jpg?v=1780557334","url":"https:\/\/shop.poiteau-botaniste.com\/en\/products\/orange-bigarrade-couronnee-affiche-50x70cm","provider":"Shop Poiteau Botaniste","version":"1.0","type":"link"}