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Gardens > Carpet beds, gardens

Preferred term

Carpet beds, gardens  

Definition(s)

  • Patterned beds using dwarf or creeping foliage plants which could be trained into a surface as uniform as a carpet; early examples used geometrical patterns; in the late 19th c., zoomorphic and emblematic shapes became popular [Ox Comp Gardens]; Beds of foliage plants arranged in patterns similar to those on carpets; popular mid-late 19th c., especially in England and the USA [AAT]

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • BEDDING, CARPET, GARDENS
  • BEDS, CARPET, GARDENS
  • BEDS, FOLIAGE, CARPET BEDS
  • Carpet bedding, gardens
  • CORBEILLES-MOSAIQUES, CARPET BEDS
  • FANCY BEDS, GARDENS
  • Flower beds, patterned, carpet beds
  • FOLIAGE BEDS, CARPET BEDS
  • GARDENS, FOLIAGE, CARPET BEDS
  • Massed beds, gardens
  • Patterned flower beds, carpet beds

Notation

  • 119369

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-ZKHB2FSP-2

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