M.Bmused

museum things, political things, dresses, dogs, so far just reblogging.

[helloitsbees]

[theancientwayoflife]

~Hummingbird Cup.

Culture: Mixtec

Period: Postclassic

Place of origin: Zaachila, Zimatlán valley, Monte Albán

Date: A.D. 1225

[swanlake1998]

maria tallchief photographed as odette in swan lake by archivio storico del teatro dell'opera di roma

[thekimonogallery]

From Hishida Shunsou’s painting, kimono by Gofukusayan

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Finger ring with feline head in relief flanked by two snakes.

Culture: Mixtec

Date: ca. 1200-1521 

Place of origin: Mexico

Medium: Gold alloy

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Evening dress, jacket and skirt frill.

Designer/Maker: Cristobal Balenciaga (Paris, France)

Date: 1954

Medium: Silk, metal

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Woman’s dress.

Culture: Scottish

Date: 1927

[bm-european-art]

Capital Letter Z, James Tissot, 1886-1894, Brooklyn Museum: European Art

Size: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 4 11/16 in. (11.8 x 11.9 cm) Mount: 4 15/16 x 4 15/16 in. (12.5 x 12.5 cm) Medium: Ink on paper mounted on board

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/168158

[artist-cassatt]

Margot in Orange Dress, Mary Cassatt, 1902, American Paintings and Sculpture

From the Collection of James Stillman, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, 1922 Size: 28 ½ x 23 3/8 in. (72.4 x 59.4 cm) Medium: Pastel on wove paper, mounted on canvas

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10387

[pintoras]

Kathryn E. Bard Cherry (American, 1860 - 1931): Fish, Fruits, and Flowers (c. 1923) (via Saint Louis Art Museum)

[artist-vallotton]

Still Life with Red Peppers on a White Lacquered Table, 1915, Felix Vallotton

Medium: oil,canvas

[slam-american]

Douglass Square, Allan Rohan Crite, 1936, Saint Louis Art Museum: American Art

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/36107/

[thekimonogallery]

“Presenting the Yam” (1910) by Kiyochika Kobayashi.

[met-africa-oceania]

Stirrup Spout Bottle in Cactus Form, 1st century B.C.–A.D. 2nd century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964 Size: H. 8 1/8 × Diam. 5 in. (20.6 × 12.7 cm) Medium: Ceramic, slip, pigment

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/308519

[nicollemakesthings]

I think about this a lot this time of year.

[artist-cassatt]

Portrait of a Lady (Miss My Ellison), 1877, Mary Cassatt

Medium: oil,canvas

[mbmused]

19th Cen. Mood.

[sisterwolf]

Baron Raimond Von Stillfried, 1876

via

[kimonodrome]

yujo