Summer Gardens of Kashmir. Mughal garden of Dara Shikoh at Bijbihara. Dara Shukoh’s Album. Verinag Bagh of Anantnag. Amarnath pilgrims. Achibal Bagh.
Tag: Garden
Ojira, To Her Lover, poem from The Garden of Kama.
Ojira, To Her Lover, poem from The Garden of Kama and other love lyrics from India
The Bamboo Cane, its origin and traditional use.
The Giant Thorney Bamboo. Nothing can exceed in beauty the graceful bamboo, as its feathery foliage waves and flutters in the breeze.
A new vegetable variety in 1865. The rat-tail radish in England.
Rat-tail or snake radish, the edible part of the plant is the seed vessel and not the root.
The Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, Palestine.
At the base of the Mount of Olives is a small enclosure surrounded by a whitewashed wall. It is the reputed Garden of Gethsemane.
Ancient garden design. A Persian Royal Garden Carpet of the 16th century.
A 16th century Persian Royal Garden Carpet. (Reputed to have been made for Shah Abbas the Great for Sefavi Palace.) Date 1587-1628
English roses around 1900: history and varieties
English roses: history and varieties
Chinese garden – Paris exhibition grounds, 1878.
The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1878 By Arthur Chandler.
Egyptian fellahin watering the gardens near the pyramids.
Water is carried in these closely woven baskets to the gardens in the vicinity.
St. John of Kronstadt in his garden.
The late Father St. John of Kronstadt in his garden. Ivan Ilyich Sergiev 1829-1909, also known as the Holy righteous John of Kronstadt, was an archpriest of the Russian Orthodox… Read More
Auguste Racinet. The Costume History by Françoise Tétart-Vittu.
Racinet's Costume History is an invaluable reference for students, designers, artists, illustrators, and historians; and a rich source of inspiration for anyone with an interest in clothing and style. Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet’s Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted.
Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. “Some books just scream out to be bought; this is one of them.” ― Vogue.com