Nov 9, 2025
Wishing you sweet dreams & bright tomorrows, kind readers. A few more bits and bobs from my study collection—aren’t the c.1920s silk ribbon roses lovely ?
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Wishing you sweet dreams & bright tomorrows, kind readers. A few more bits and bobs from my study collection—aren’t the c.1920s silk ribbon roses lovely ?
A Rapier with remnant of gilding upon a blackened hilt, England, ca. 1630-1640, housed in the Royal Armouries Study Collection.
Two fragments from my study collection for use in my #materialculture class. One with hand painted florals & vines on Chinese (?) silk, the other a French brocaded silk; mid 18thc+
Talking about textiles—production, identification, use & reuse w/ #museumstudies/#publichistory graduate & undergrads for our hands-on #textile #lab. Image: Silk ribbon & trims on a 1760s+ dress weight brocaded silk fragment
Morning bouquet- A well-worn fragment of a French silk brocade c.1770s with a 1920s silk ribbon flower. Pretties
Wishing you good morning with a #dressweight #brocaded #silk fragment; French c1760s+ #studycollection
A snaphaunce Carbine with a revolving cylinder,
OaL: 36.6 in/92.9 cm
Barrel Length: 22.6 in/57.5 cm
Weight: 6.7 lbs/3 kg
Germany, 1595, housed at the Royal Armouries Study Collection.