Mughal gardens in Srinagar, Kashmir. Gardens of the Great Mughals by Constance Mary Villiers Stuart. Nishat Bagh, Shalimar Bagh.
Gardens of the Dal Lake at Srinagar in Kashmir.
Category: 1911
Fatehpur Sikri. The former capital of the Mughal Empire.
Fatehpur Sikri, the “City of Victory”, was the name given by the Great Mogul to the ensemble. The former capital of the Mughal Empire under Great Mughal Akbar I. (1542-1605) was built between 1569 and 1574.
Paris. Place Louis XV, now called Place de la Concorde.
This Square occupies all the space between the garden of the Tuileries and the entrance to the Champs-Elysées.
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Belle Époque. Street dress, black and white checkered. Paris 1911.
Belle Époque Paris fashion 1911. Street dress, black and white checkered, surrounded with black muslin. Reutlinger Paris. Edwardian fashion
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Society dress in white silk voile. Maison Béchoff-David 1911.
Society dress in white silk voile with perl suspensions. Design: Modèle de la maison Béchoff-David, Place Vendome Paris. Photography Reutlinger Paris
Society dress in pink Liberty silk. Atelier Mme Strubb Paris 1911.
Society dress in pink Liberty silk with a cream silk embroidery. Design: Atelier Mme Strubb Paris. Photography Reutlinger Paris.
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World Paperback – December 7, 2021
by Virginia Postrel (Author)
From Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
