FLORAL SYMBOLS

DURING THE PERIODS OF YEARS BETWEEN THE 1800S TO THE 2000S FLORAL DESIGNS WERE OFTEN THE MOST POPULAR DESIGNS AMOUNT BOTH WHITE AND BLACK CEMETERIES.

MOST COMMON FLORAL DESIGNS: NONDESCRIPTIVE PETAL DESIGNS, BLOSSOMS, DAISY, PETUNIA, ROSES

DURING THE EARLY 1800S AND THE SECOND RELIGOUS AWAKENING A MORE OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF DEATH CAME ABOUT. THESE OPTIMISTIC SYMBOLS OFTEN WERE MOTIFS OF BUDDING ROSES, LAMBS, DOVES, WEEPING WILLOWS. DESIGNS LIKE FLOWERS OR ROSES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH LOVE TOGETHERNESS, IMORTALITY, OR EVEN MARRIGE. THE IVY DESIGNS ORGINATED FROM THE ANCIENT GREEKS DEFINTION OF IVY AS REMEBRANCE AND THEN AS A CROWN OF IVY AS A AIDED CREATIVE THINKING. EVEN THE GREEK LAURELS WERE BEING DISPLAYED AS ALMOST A VICTORIOUS STANCE ON ONES LIFE.

A LOT OF THESE DESIGNS WERE ALSO DUE TO THE TECHNOLOGICAL CLIMATE DURING THE TIME PERIOD. AS CRAFTSMANSHIP OF THESE CARVINGS BECAME MORE POPULAR THE SYMOBOL OF THE DOVE WAS VERY MUCH CONNECTE TO LOCAL CRAFTSMAN.