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[gigamuffin]

I FORGOT TO PUT MY FOOD IN THE FRIDGE AGAIN STUPID STUPID STUPID

[northernmariette]

Anybody else out there nodding their head?

[catasters]

[nemfrog]

Resting turtle person. Ornements du Japon.1883. 

[publicdomainreview]

Portraits of professionals made from the tools of their trade (ca. 1800). More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/arcimboldo-esque-composite-portraits-of-trades-ca-1800 @ExploreWellcome

[northernmariette]

I so love this kind of thing.

Notice that the hatter's head is partly made up of a Napoleonic bicorne.

[weirdchristmas]

[artschoolglasses]

Embroidered Linen "Merveilleuse" Gown, French, 1796-1800

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

[northernmariette]

This why Napoleon was complaining that women were going around naked.

However, I suspect that only the most daring were going around wearing such transparent garments.

This would look wonderful with a coloured underdress.

[costumeloverz71]

Orange gown, c. 1916

[northernmariette]

Wow wow wow. Too spectacular not to reblog.

[sparklejamesysparkle]

From a British Pathé newsreel clip entitled Pussy's Glasses, 1930. Per (purr?) the British Pathé archive's description: "The optician checks a cat's eyesight. Close-up of dark glasses being put on the cat. Close-up of the cat wearing the glasses."😎

[northernmariette]

He looks like he is on his way to a poetry slam.

[fripperiesandfobs]

Court dress attributed to Empress Josephine, after 1810

From the Chateau de Malmaision Costume Collection app:

“This silk tulle dress is exquisitely embroidered with motifs of carnations and other flowers in silver thread. It is most probably an example of ‘remontage’ (refitting): the bust does not match Josephine’s measurements exactly and has almost certainly been adjusted to fit someone else. Indeed, Josephine often ‘reviewed’ her wardrobe: once a year she would go through her closets and give away the garments she no longer wore to her entourage.”

[whencyclopedia]

The September Massacres refers to a series of mass killings that took place in the prisons of Paris between 2 and 7 September 1792, during the French Revolution (1789-99). Sometimes known as the first Terror, the massacres saw between 1,100 and 1,400 prisoners murdered by gangs of sans-culottes, driven by a fear that the prisoners would rebel and destroy Paris.

French military failures in the opening months of the War of the First Coalition (1792-97) had left the path to Paris open to a Prussian army, which promised the city’s complete destruction. Panicking, mobs of Parisians rushed to the city’s prisons, where royalists and refractory priests were being held on questionable counter-revolutionary charges. Taking justice upon themselves, the mobs set up mock tribunals in which they passed sentences on the ‘traitors’ and executed many on the spot. The September Massacres are significant for ushering in a new phase of the Revolution, one in which terror and violence were considered legitimate political tools. This, of course, would lead directly to the bloodletting of the Reign of Terror, which began about a year later.

[catasters]

[northernmariette]

We all know how Kitty is planning to celebrate Christmas, don't we?

[catsofyore]

Proud. 🏆 Photo from my collection, ca. 1970s.

[northernmariette]

Yeah. My Nancy is cut (shredded?) from the same cloth.

[theprofessional-amateur]

A friend sent this to me and I feel like other knitting library/archives professionals need to see it.

Pattern available here

[northernmariette]

For us old folks who know exactly what this represents.

[weirdchristmas]

Because this makes sense.

[northernmariette]

Halloween is barely over and there is that Christmas frog stuff all over the stores already. It's a sea of green and top hats in the seasonal merchandise aisles.

[while-i-kiss-the-sky]

Mama cat gargoyle

Cat with a kitten statue on the roof of the castle of Château de Pierrefonds, France. It was built between 1393-1407.

[catsofyore]

“Miss Trulsen with her cat.” 1909. Source.

[northernmariette]

Fluffiest, most adorable kitten dwarfed by the most enormous hat.

[artdecoblog]

Market Street National Bank - 1319-1325 Market Street, Philadelphia

1929, Ritter and Shay

aka Penn Square East, 1 East Penn Square; now a Marriott Residence Inn

[northernmariette]

Too gorgeous not to reblog.

Why does contemporary architecture shun colour and ornamentation? It's one boring cube after another.