12½” tall x 8” wide A 19th-century herbarium sheet featuring two pressed Achillea specimens—Achillea tomentosa L. (Valais) and Achillea nana L. (Tirano)—collected and mounted in 1863. Both are alpine members of the yarrow family, prized in their era for their medicinal and symbolic associations with healing and endurance.
Each bloom is secured with its original linen ties to the archival paper, accompanied by the collector’s handwritten notations. Gentle waviness and toning mark the passage of more than 160 years, adding warmth and authenticity to this preserved fragment of botanical history.
