Paperblanks Pink Carnation Cotton Tote Bag

Carry your journals, books and everyday essentials in style with this Pink Carnation cotton tote bag from Paperblanks, featuring a handy inner zip pocket.

One of the most celebrated manuscript illumination artists was Joris Hoefnagel. In the 1590s the Emperor Rudolf II commissioned Hoefnagel to add his illuminations to the Mira calligraphiae monumenta, a mid-16th-century manuscript on the art of calligraphy. The page reproduced here is known as Damselfly, Carnation, Insect, Caterpillar, Ladybird, English Walnut, and Marine Mollusk.

The Story Behind the Design

The art of still life painting is a celebrated part of Dutch culture and a technique for which its artists are among the most prized. But this captivating and time-honoured artistic style didn’t emerge fully formed. Before these artists came to be so celebrated, there were illustrators who delicately illuminated handwritten manuscripts with images of plants, fruits, flowers, animals and insects to add emotional power to a written work.

• Original artwork: Illuminated page from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta
• Era: mid to late 1500s
• Region: Netherlands

Product Details

• Dimensions: 380 × 380 × 90 mm
• Design: Pink Carnation
• Series: Mira Botanica
• Material: Cotton
• Inner zipper pocket size: 220 × 155 mm
• Strap Colour: Cream with dot
• Holds up to 7 kilograms (approximately 15.5 lbs)
• Durable strap for carrying the bag over one's shoulder
• Branded Paperblanks tag
• Artwork credit printed on inside of the bag
• Weight: 260 g
• Product code: PA9851-5 | ISBN: 9781439798515

About Paperblanks

Paperblanks works with museums, libraries, galleries and artists around the world to faithfully reproduce remarkable artwork, historic bindings and treasured manuscripts, bringing the same care and craftsmanship found in its celebrated journals to every accessory.