A Happy Rambler

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24 Apr

thevintagethimble:

Edwardian Hairstyles
A collection of Edwardian photographs, depicting some of the hairstyles of the time, like the Low Pompadour. Hatpin Hairstyle. Side-Swirls. Flapper (The title ‘Flapper’ originally referred to teenage girls who wore their hair in single plait which often terminated in a wide ribbon bow.) & the pompadour.

Victorian Hairstyles Here [x] | 1920’s Hairstyles Here [x]

20 Mar fripperiesandfobs:

Worth tea gown, 1895
From the Musee Galliera via the Huffington Post

Holy technicolour beauty… I WANT YOU!

fripperiesandfobs:

Worth tea gown, 1895

From the Musee Galliera via the Huffington Post

Holy technicolour beauty… I WANT YOU!

14 Feb aleyma:

Ring with hidden love messages, made in France 1830-60 (source).

aleyma:

Ring with hidden love messages, made in France 1830-60 (source).

18 Jan omgthatdress:

Evening Dress
1810
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

I love the neckline of this dress.

omgthatdress:

Evening Dress

1810

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

I love the neckline of this dress.

16 Jan Foot Massager?

Foot Massager?

16 Jan highvictoriana:

Modern Hub Art Stove. Smith and Anthony Stove Company, Boston, MA., n.d. Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, 21-25 Warren St., New York, lithographers.

I am actually lusting after a stove. It’s just so beautiful.

highvictoriana:

Modern Hub Art Stove. Smith and Anthony Stove Company, Boston, MA., n.d. Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann, 21-25 Warren St., New York, lithographers.

I am actually lusting after a stove. It’s just so beautiful.

11 Jan

highvictoriana:

American drop front desk with marquetry, Aesthetic Movement, c. 1875.

09 Jan omgthatdress:

Tea Gown
Rouff, 1900
The Victoria & Albert Museum

omgthatdress:

Tea Gown

Rouff, 1900

The Victoria & Albert Museum

27 Nov vicfangirlguide:

A bracelet from the 1860s. French-inspired ‘manchette’ or cuff bracelets became extremely fashionable throughout Europe in the 1850s and 60s. This bracelet is made of gold textured to look like cloth with a button and buttonhole design made of pearl and turquoise.

Fascinating Fashion of the 1800’s!

vicfangirlguide:

A bracelet from the 1860s. French-inspired ‘manchette’ or cuff bracelets became extremely fashionable throughout Europe in the 1850s and 60s. This bracelet is made of gold textured to look like cloth with a button and buttonhole design made of pearl and turquoise.

Fascinating Fashion of the 1800’s!

25 Aug malformalady:

Inez Clark (1873-1880) died at the age of six. Her parents commissioned a life-sized statue, which was completed a year later by a Sicilian sculptor, and placed over the grave. Later, a transparent plexiglass box was added to protect the likeness from the elements.

malformalady:

Inez Clark (1873-1880) died at the age of six. Her parents commissioned a life-sized statue, which was completed a year later by a Sicilian sculptor, and placed over the grave. Later, a transparent plexiglass box was added to protect the likeness from the elements.