15. French Mantel Clock
Isis Floral LLC
Isis Castro
2026 installation
Second Floor - French Drawing Room
The Inspiration
This eighteenth-century Louis XV-style gilt bronze mantel clock displays a pastoral theme, with porcelain figures of two lovers below, a maiden above the clock face, vines and flowers surrounding the clock, and two matching candelabra.
The Flowers
Recipe: Tulips, garden roses and other seasonal flowers
THE DESIGNER
Isis Castro
Isis Floral LLC
Isis Castro is the founder and lead designer of Isis Floral, a studio rooted in passion, creativity, and a love for bold expression. She’s known for her fearless approach to floral design, turning blooms into sculptural stories that feel alive. Each piece she creates is meant to be experienced, not just looked at. As the daughter of Salvadoran immigrants, Isis proudly carries her Latina heritage into her work. Her culture shows up in her love of color, movement, and joyful design. It inspires the way she celebrates community, life, and connection through florals. For Isis, flowers are more than decoration—they’re a way to help people feel seen, celebrated, and inspired. She brings care, curiosity, and intention to every project, creating stress-free, one-of-a-kind experiences for her clients. More than a floral designer, Isis is a storyteller. Through Isis Floral, she invites people into a world where beauty blooms loudly, boldly, and without apology. Her work for this museum piece reflects that spirit: a floral artwork created in direct response to the featured art, bridging color, movement, and emotion through flowers.
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Mary Bell Photography
Mary Bell is a hybrid, documentary wedding and portrait photographer based in Maryland and working throughout the mid-atlantic. Dedicated to ensuring her clients feel like themselves, her work is intuitive, heart-felt and honest. She’s been an artist her entire life and has never wanted to be anything else.
When she isn’t at a wedding or in her studio in Annapolis, Mary can be found hiking and traveling out west, wandering used bookstores, getting inspired by art books and museums and watching her husband race vintage cars.
