Artificial flower
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- Artificial plants are imitations of natural plants used for commercial or residential decoration. They are sometimes made for scientific purposes (the collection of glass flowers at Harvard University, for example, illustrates the flora of the United States). Artificial plants vary widely from mass-produced varieties that are distinguishable from real plants by casual observation to highly detailed botanical or artistic specimens.
Materials used in their manufacture have included painted linen and shavings of stained horn in ancient Egypt, gold and silver in ancient Rome, rice-paper in China, silkworm cocoons in Italy, colored feathers in South America, and wax and tinted shells. Modern techniques involve carved or formed soap, nylon netting stretched over wire frames, ground clay, and mass-produced injection plastic mouldings. Polyester has been the main material for manufacturing artificial flowers since the 1970s. Most artificial flowers in the market nowadays are made of polyester fabric.
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Stoffblume
Strauß aus roséfarbener Rose...
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Image: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold - CC BY-NC-SA -
Stoffblume
Hutputz aus fünf rund...
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Image: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold - CC BY-NC-SA -
Stoffblume
Großer Zweig mit je zwei lila...
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Image: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold - CC BY-NC-SA -
Stoffranke mit Früchten
Ranke mit braunen,...
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Image: Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold - CC BY-NC-SA -
Prägeeisen für Kniehebelpresse, Kunstblumenproduktion
Das Prägeeisen besteht aus...
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Image: Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin - CC0
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