The Pattern Book Card - Fruits

Fruits — Vintage Botanical Greeting Card

There's something quietly extraordinary about a card that doubles as a piece of art history. This greeting card features a vivid botanical illustration of fruits, faithfully adapted from the Nouveau Larousse Illustré: dictionnaire universel encyclopédique - the celebrated French encyclopaedia first published in 1898.

The original colour plate has been carefully restored and reproduced, bringing nineteenth-century chromo-lithographic detail into a format you can send through the post.

A key on the reverse identifies each fruit by name, which makes it genuinely interesting to look at — not just a pretty picture, but a small lesson in the language of botanical illustration.

The Card

• Size: 170mm × 120mm (approx. 5" × 7")
• Inside: Blank - write whatever you like
• Paper: 300gsm, light cream, carbon-neutral Italian stock made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste
• Printed: In England, by The Pattern Book Press
• Packaging: Individually wrapped in a compostable, plant-based wrapper with a 100% recycled 110gsm kraft envelope included

This is a card worth keeping. The paper has real weight and warmth to it - the kind that feels considered in the hand rather than churned out.

Who It's For

• Fruit lovers, gardeners, cooks, and anyone with an eye for beautiful botanical art.
• It works equally well as a birthday card, a thank-you, or a stand-alone gift for someone who appreciates the finer things.
• The illustrated reverse with named varieties adds a touch of curiosity that makes it stand out from the usual.

Sustainability

The Pattern Book has been making beautifully printed stationery since 2016, with a genuine commitment to doing it responsibly.

The paper is carbon-neutral and made entirely from recycled post-consumer waste. The wrapper won't sit in landfill - it's compostable and plant-derived.

Even the envelope is recycled.