[taishou-kun]

Pair of spoons with tea leaf motif, silver - Model created in Japan to the Western market - circa 1895

Source : musée d'Orsay

[a-state-of-bliss]

Vogue US Dec 1995 by Irving Penn

[pommegf]

Pendour cove & Wicca pool, southwest coastal path, Cornwall.

[oldpaintings]

The White Rose by René-Xavier Prinet (French, 1861–1946)

[7pleiades7]

The ornate Palm Room at Spencer House in London, recognized as one of the finest surviving 18th-century aristocratic townhouses in the city

[7pleiades7]

Mischief and Repose, (detail), (1895), by John William Godward (English, 1861 – 1922), oil on canvas, 60.6 × 133 cm (23.9 × 52.4 in), J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

[pocula-blog]

dicentra spectabilis ‘alba’  - bleeding heart.

[niurd]

instagram.com/p/DXCYAf9jKYj/

[lacetulle]

Tamara Ralph | Fall/Winter 2026 Couture

[kuutamosonaatti]

Mid-19th century cardboard keepsake box containing poetry verses.

[riftvalleys]

Exploring the temperate greenhouse at Kew Gardens this week

[petaltexturedskies]

Amy Lowell, from “A London Thoroughfare 2 A.M.” in Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (originally published in 1914)

[modelsof-color]

Diana Li by Catharina Pavitschitz for Vogue Portugal March 2026

[memories-of-ancients]

Glass jug with chain handle, Roman, 3rd century AD

from The MET

[7pleiades7]

Portrait of a Young Italian Woman (also documented as Bildnis Einer Jungen Italienerin or Junge Italienerin), (Detail), (19th century), by Leonardo Gasser (Italian, 1831 – 1892), oil on canvas, 56 x 45 cm (approximately 22.05 x 17.72 inches, Private Collection

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold ring with pearls and a garnet, discovered near Bedfordshire, England, circa 1380

from The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

[matchagirl]

shell house, polperro, cornwall