Lady in Waiting

A space to curate a collection of Visual, Material and Design History (Side blog of @book-hoarder)

[pinkblanc]

early 1900s handmade bookmark

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1912

American

Kent State University Museum

[visual-detox]

[archimaps]

Section of a projected Opera Comique, Paris

[thinkingimages]

Man Ray,  Lee Miller, 1930 Collezione privata, Courtesy Fondazione Marconi, Milano   Man Ray 2015 Trust / ADAGP 

[setdeco]

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, The Rookery Building Oriel Staircase, Chicago, 1905

[simena]

Agapit Stevens - By the Sea

[dozydawn]

[sarah-lyse]

Kiki Smith,

Daisy Chain, 1992 bronze and steel chain installation (dimensions variable)

[ronniepuppet]

Harro Siegel (German, 1900-1985) marionette of Grendel from his post-war production of Beowulf. The woman in the photo is identified as Bascha.

[lelaid]

Lucille Ball & Elaine Shepard on the set of Ziegfeld Follies, 1946

[ducissatenebrarum]

Study of a Severed Head by Antoine Wiertz.

[dozydawn]

[dozydawn]

[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode illustrée, no. 23, 09 juin 1872. Mantelet-écharpe. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney

[mioritic]

Koloman Moser (Austrian, 1868–1918)

"Nackte bei der Toilette" ("Nude at her toilette"), undated

Leopold Museum

[kayflapper]

A Jeanne Lanvin evening dress featuring intricate black and silver beadwork, c. 1928.