Jul 17
Mansion of Sarah Bernhardt on the Belle-Isle-en-Mer island, Brittany region of France
French vintage postcard
seen from Brazil
seen from Russia
seen from Dominican Republic
seen from China
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Australia
seen from South Korea
seen from Canada
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from Japan
seen from China
seen from Australia
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from United States
seen from China
Mansion of Sarah Bernhardt on the Belle-Isle-en-Mer island, Brittany region of France
French vintage postcard
"Collier Pectoral" et "Pagne de Scène" créés par Théophile Thomas et "Bijoux de Scène" pour Sarah Bernhardt dans "Cléopâtre" (1890) et "Bijoux de Scène" en métal doré, strass, perles blanches et en verre coloré (1890) à l'exposition "Le Mystère Cléopâtre" de l'Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), Paris, France, août 2025.
“I suppose you can say we’re alone together.”
1900 Sarah Bernhardt in character as Theodora the Empress of Byzantium (Empress Theodora) in "Theodora: A Drama in Five Acts and Eight Tableau" (1885) by Victorien Sardou. Premiered: Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, France.
Sardou's enthusiasm for historical authenticity was shared by his star. Weeks before ordering her costumes, she journed to Ravenna and stood long hours in the Church of San Vitale studying the magnificent mosaics with their startling portraits of Theodora and Justinian staring menacingly forth from barbaric gold. She made sketches of every robe, every fold, every detail or ornamentation. When she returned to Paris she had completed in detail a dressmaker's design for each outfit, as well as those for her stage jeweller, even to that death-dealing hairpin. Her wardrobe along cost more than the average production. Her costumer figured out that toiling in her work rooms she and her assistants had sewn on by hand more than 4,500 'gems'. (x)
Her costume is a replica of the celebrated mosaic of the Byzantine Virgin in the Church of Ravenna -- her robe is yellow satin embroidered with topazes; her coiffure is ablaze with jewels, and in her hand she carries a white lily, which tradition says was Théodora's favourite flower. The Empress seats herself on a couch of tigers' skins, and gives audience to her courtiers and to ambassadors from foreign lands.
metric fuckton of mostly old story art
The Matrix Reloaded
I’ve had the privilege of being an artist in the Fe3h rarepair zine, The lost Ballroom of Gold! ( @fe3hrarepairmaskzine )
Here’s a preview of my piece! Fun fact, Bernadetta’s mask took around 1/3 of the total drawing time (around 2 hours on just the mask), since I thought cross hatching the entire thing would be a good idea ;-;
seriously although I’m happy with how it looks, it literally took like 3 hours help sclgh
Anyway, the zine is a free, digital zine, featuring rarepairs from fe3h! There’s both writers, and artists! Please check it out if you can, you guys!
The Delineator, Vol LII, No 3, September 1898
Ladies’ Toilettes consisting of Basque-Waist and Skirt with Pointed Tablier Upper Portion and Graduated Circular Lower Portion and Cape, known as the Bernhardt Mantle and Circular Skirt with Flounces.