Chinese pictures: notes on photographs made in China by Isabella Lucy Bird. The great imperial stone road planted with cedars sealed with the Imperial seal.
The great imperial stone road from Peking to Chengtu.
Category: 20th Century
Traditional enamelers of India at work. The art of enameling.
Group of Jaipur Enamelers at work. (From “Jaipur Enamels,” by S. S Jacob and T. H. Hendley 1886.) In 1886 I wrote (Author T. H. Hendley) the text to accompany… Read More
Paul Poiret. Elégante robe Rêve d’Or. Petit manteau Monavana.
Les Créations Parisiennes. La Mode est un Art. Haute Couture by PAUL POIRET 1930.
Vampires and Vampirism. Living Vampires. History of Vampires.
THERE is, however, the living vampire, distinct and separate from the dead species.
Japanese koto. Instrument for traditional Japanese music.
The koto was introduced from China to Japan during the Nara period (710-793) as an instrument of court music (Gagaku).
THE ROSE. BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION 1910.
A PLEA FOR THE ROSE. BEST VARIETIES FOR DECORATIVE WORK. HYBRID TEA ROSES. HYBRID PERPETUALS. TEA ROSES. SINGLE ROSES AND BRIERS. WICHURIANA ROSES. ROSES-CLIMBERS. CHINAS, ETC. DWARF POLYANTHA. MOSS ROSES. GOOD ROSES TO GROW FOR THEIR FOLIAGE. ROSE CONTRASTS. ROSES WHICH MAKE LOVELY DECORATIONS BY THEMSELVES.
Model dresses by Jean Patou and Bernard & Cie in September 1929.
Les Créations Parisiennes. La Mode est un Art. Paris 1929.
Another old custom gone. Jean Patou. Jeanne Hallée. Molyneux.
Another old custom gone. Art-Goût-Beauté. October 1923. Fashion by Jean Patou, Jeanne Hallée, Molyneux.
Famous papers designed by Walter Crane. Arts and Crafts Movement.
The Arts and Crafts Movement was a British movement in art and especially in product design from the middle of the 19th century to around 1920
Hat of Camille Roger. Gazette du bon ton, 1922.
La Jeune Locrienne. Chapeau de Camille Roger.
No 2 de la Gazette du Bon Ton. Anée 1922.