Brendel model of a flower head, c. 1900
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Brendel paper-mâché model of a schematic flower head system with original label, no. 170b. The flower head (capitulum) consists of short-stalked flowers on a saucer-shaped, flat flower base (receptaculum). The lateral flowers arranged in 13/34 position. The model can be separated into two halves. Another specimen can be found in the Utrecht University Museum (Object no. 0285-123093).
Around 1866, Robert Brendel in Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) began to commercially copy the flower models of the Silesian pharmacist Carl Leopold Lohmeyer (1799-1873), which he had previously produced exclusively for the University of Breslau and the Realschule am Zwinger under the scientific supervision of botany professor Ferdinand Julius Cohn (1828-1898)
When Robert Brendel started, there were thirty models to choose from, and by 1913 there were nearly 300. The models were developed in consultation with leading professors of their time. They are made of various materials, such as papier-mâché, wood, metal wire, and glass beads to imitate the natural characteristics.
Height: 35 cm.
