Musings.

I'm Chloe. Art. Art History. Sensuality. Kink (Switch). Vintage. Romantic Goth. Broken Trinkets. Black Lace. Sex. Connections. Please message me. I love meeting people, and am always here to provide a listening ear. This blog is occasionally NSFW.

[cair--paravel]

French Art Nouveau buckles and brooches.

[earendil-was-a-mariner]

Your fave is problematic: Sam Gamgee

Said he was dropping no eaves

Was in fact eavesdropping

[whisperingswan]

god damn it

[whisperingswan]

is the Sherlock fandom still active or

i just rewatched S1 and s@ of Sherlock and my god, I forgot how amazing it is. i mean I spent like 24 hours in the past two days reading johnlock and i am sucked back in. is anyone still writing and obsessed?!

[symingtoncorsets]

To get into the spirit of Christmas I have chosen this very festive black and red corset. 

Dating from 1900 and probably of German manufacture and boned with a combination of whalebone and flat steel. Made from black sateen and lined in white twill with casings and zone piece in red sateen. The decorative black flosswork is hand stitched.

[fripperiesandfobs]

Riding coat, 1780-90

From LACMA

[artismydeepersoul-deactivated20]

[treasures-and-beauty]

An Art Nouveau ‘Bat’ necklace, attributed to Lucien Janvier, circa 1900. Composed of silver, silver gilt, plique-à-jour enamel and pearls.

[naturaekos]

It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.

Nagulb Mahfouz (via naturaekos)

[heddaphoto-blog]

Fontana dei Quattro Fiume, Rome, Italy

[whisperingswan]

My favorite fountain in Roma.

[fripperiesandfobs]

Costume worn by Marilyn Monroe as Lillian Russell in a pictorial feature by Richard Avedon for the December 22, 1958 issue of Life magazine

From Julien’s Auctions

[museum-of-artifacts]

[poisonwasthecure]

Padlock and Key, Germany, 1580’s

[trashmag1ck]

[tothisbluelawn]

Jean Deville, Parsifal, 1890

[via-appia]

Terracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw, novelty item used at symposia

Greek, Attic, ca. 460 B.C.

[via-appia]

Pair of gold earrings with Ganymede and the eagle

Greek, ca. 330–300 B.C

[ancientjewels]

Greek gold olive wreath, c. 4th century BCE. From Sotheby’s Auctions

[tolrone]

Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endure. And of these histories most fair still in the ears of the Elves is the tale of Beren and Luthien