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Ballet costume worn by Anna Pavlova for “The Swan”, silk and sequined cotton

believed to be worn c. 1910s-1920s

credit: Museum of London

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The recent viewing of lover's eye jewlery ive seen around, started by esteemed-excellency i believe, made me want to go searching around for some reference images, so here's some I found hehe

From the V and A:

Eye miniatures were a curious but brief anomaly in miniature painting that came into fashion at the end of the 18th century. They were an extremely intense manifestation of an already emotionally charged art, apparently an attempt to capture ‘the window of the soul’, the supposed reflection of a person’s most intimate thoughts and feelings. Often, as here, the result was a compelling piece of jewellery. Sometimes, however, the result was merely unpleasantly anatomical or disturbingly uncanny.

#there's a lot more of these i stumbled across googling but there was NO SOURCES #i think theres image uploads from a book of someone's private collection. ie the last image here implied #and i dont like not having sources akffkkh #historical items #jewelry