#aesthetic movement

[germanpostwarmodern]

White House (1877-78) on Tite Street in London, England, by Edward W. Godwin

[periodinteriors]

Thomas Matthews Rooke, Interior view of The Grange, North End Road, Fulham, the home of Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), 1904, watercolor.

[kafkasapartment]

Idle Hours, 1895. H. Siddons Mowbray. Oil on canvas

[vintage-treasures]

Sea Echoes. Oil on Canvas (ca. 1861) Lord Frederic Leighton (English, 1830–1896) painted this canvas as an early, sensuous experiment in Aestheticism. It marks a clear departure from the heavily detailed scenes of earlier Victorian painters. Leighton was particularly fond of this piece, describing it in a letter to his father as "very luminous."

The composition captures a daydream rather than a physical space. The woman rests against an indoor curtain embroidered with white peonies, yet no window separates her from the coast. As she presses the seashell to her ear, the room melts directly into a stormy beach and dark clouds. This wild shoreline exists entirely in her mind, as she is transported by the sensorial experience. Loc. Private Collection (Sold at Bonhams in 2023). Dim. 51.5 x 44.5 cm (20 1/4 x 17 1/2 in)

[designobjectory]

Chair, ca. 1900

Johan Borgerson and Frida Hansen for Det norske Billedvæveri

[thejewellerybox]

Floral 'en tremblant' brooch, c. 1880s

Diamonds set in silver, with gold ($14,600, 1stdibs)

'The French term 'en tremblant' meaning 'to tremble'. This kineticism was achieved by coiling springs of metal and attaching motifs such as florals or dragonfly wings as a way to make them scintillate...

...made of silver with a layer of gold along the back as well as a gold stick pin to prevent silver tarnish from transferring to the wearer's clothes. This confirms the age in a time before platinum was widely used as a white metal in jewelry.' X

[7pleiades7]

The Slave (1877) by Edward Clifford (British, 1844 – 1907), tempera, tempera, 64 × 52 cm (25 x 20 in), Private Collection