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zee. cats. spirits. bow ties and bowler hats. | Queer Poet | Amateur Historian | Aspiring Archivist and Sims 4 Enthusiast - WCIF friendly. | This blog is an eclectic array of architecture, dresses, cats, art, and what I consider 'artistic nudes' (I tag #NSFW).

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My book of poetry "Le Tournesol and other poems" is available to buy online from a number of different worldwide sites!

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2014

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Source details and larger version.

My collection of vintage dandies is looking sharp.

[art-of-eons]

Arch of Constantine by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros

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Hugh C. Knowles. Anenome, circa 1910.

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[chic-a-gigot]

La Mode, Pl. 306, 1 juin 1833, Paris. Bonnet fichu en blond. Robe de chambre en foulard des magasins de M. Gagelin, façon Me. Cocheu. Costumes d'enfant foulard & mousseline des magasins de Me. Ronne, 51 passage Choiseul. Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library

The seated woman on the right is wearing a colorful overcoat over her white dress. She is wearing a cap decorated with lace and bows. The young girl in the center is wearing a blue dress with floral print and pink bows. The young girl on the left is wearing a white dress with a tippet.

[questionableadvice]

~ Pearline, 1904

I love this woman: she looks like someone who can manage a household, grow beautiful geraniums and make delicious tea cakes, all while advising you to stop being silly about the new grocer's delivery boy because "pretty is as pretty does."

Also, if you look at this slightly better picture you can tell she's wearing fancy earrings:

[art-of-eons]

The tomb of Plautius Lucanus near the Ponte Lucano by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros

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Alice Austen, Trude & I Masked Short Skirts, 1891.

[the-almost-fashion-historian]

Day dress, 1894-96 by unknown designer

This dress is made of silk and silk netting, with a silk velvet belt

This dress can be found in: FIDM Museum

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Sir Reginald Mohun and Dorothy Mohun (née Chudleigh)

Artist: Unknown Artist

Date: ca. 1602

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, United States

Description

This striking portrait, painted to celebrate the marriage of Sir Reginald Mohun to Dorothy Chudleigh in 1602, marks an important moment in the history of British art. For the first time, both wife and husband were depicted together at full length. With their arms intertwined, the portrait also shows the close affection between the couple.

Dorothy holds a flower as a symbol of devotion while placing her ring finger prominently between them; Reginald in turn rests his other hand on the hilt of his sword. The circular pendant on Dorothy’s dress appears to be porphyry, an extremely hard stone embodying the enduring nature of their love. Porphyry was mined in the southwest of England, home to both the Mohuns and the workshop that produced this portrait.

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Bum! ❤️ Photo from my collection, 1936.

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John Singer Sargent Edward Vickers c. 1884

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Dyas Chymica Tripartita, Das ist: Sechs Herrliche Teutsche Philosophische Tractätlein, c. 1625 by Johann Grasse

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Les Modes parisiennes, no. 66, 2 juin 1844, Paris. Robe de soie et Robe de mousseline brodée, façons de Melle Clorinde, Rue des Pyramides, 6. Ombrelle Pavoline de Blanc, Passage des Panoramas, 17. Mouchoir de Pottiev, Rue Ste. Anne, 42. Bibliothèque nationale de France