#lozenge

[decadadedecadencia]

Lozenges, Johannes Itten

[tanuki-kimono]

Joyful antique outfit, featuring a kimono with colorful hishi (diamond) with tonbo (dragonfly), and a asagao (morning glory) woven obi

[dvoeverie-stitches]

Oftentimes this type of Russian or Karelian embroidery is stitched so that the front and back are reversible, but I’m self taught and never learned how to do it properly. This is the order of stitches that I’ve figured out to work for me on this piece I’m intending for the Kupala altar. I don’t have a pattern—I’m working from a couple of black and white photos from one of my books.

The piece I am copying is from the Vologda region of Russia and dates to the late 19th or early 20th century. It is housed in the Museum of Folk Art of Russia.

[1five1two]

Found at a Bronze Age burial site, this gold lozenge was buried with its owner, thought to have fastened his cloak. It is about 4,000 years old (?) and displayed in the Wiltshire Museum, Devizes.

[kpop-bbg]

[periodically80s]

[contac]

[vintagepromotions]

'Protect and purify your throat with the pleasant Wybert pastille'

Poster advertising Wybert pastille as a remedy for sore throats (1934). Artwork by Jacques and Pierre Bellenger.