jewel

𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚕𝚘𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚒 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

[frostedmagnolias]

Purse

c. 1650-1680

silk, metal, glass

London Museum

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Koloman Moser design, possibly for Ver Sacrum

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Wedding Dress

around 1900

Russia

Hermitage Museum

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-Cottages and Cypresses: Reminiscence of the North-

[opalleyedd]

goodnight danny elfman

i love you beefy grandpaw sweet dreams

[simena]

Woman with a Cat - Gustave Courbet (detail)

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Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock (1868-19420) - Cigarette Girl

[random-brushstrokes]

Vlaho Bukovac - Girl in orange scarf (1909)

[angelconalasrosas]

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

Long hair and big hair: my vintage hair gallery.

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[dogzcats]

The Painter's Honeymoon by Frederic Leighton c. 1864

[escuerzoresucitado]

Roman depiction of a crocodile

[weepingwidar]

Amy Casey (American, 1976) - Swoon (2023)

[flowerytale]

[schistostegapennata]

So, just wanted to share that early modern pop-up astronomy books were a thing and they are absolutely glorious.

Here's a close-up of the little dragon-serpent guy, because he is especially magnificent.

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How pretty is thaaaaaat?! 😩 lovely

[clawmarks]

A book of studies in plant form with some suggestions for their application to design - A. E. V. Lilley and W. Midgeley - 1896 - via Internet Archive