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Madame Bergeret says (come rain or shine) grab your straw hat & join us over the Easter weekend. Painting by François Boucher, about 1766 @ngadc collections. More here https://t.co/1MX33rR5oR #arthistory #dresshistory #fashionhistory #hat #1760s #Easter #Easter2023
Friday treat time. American hat, about 1830, via MFA Boston. Pale green silk gauze brocaded in wide & narrow straw bands & silk leaf motifs, on buckram foundation. Worn in Worcester, Massachusetts. More here https://t.co/V7dvd1gfef #har #1830s #dresshistory #fashionhistory
Good morning everyone. This is Young Mother Sewing, painted by Mary Cassatt 1900, for those celebrating #MothersDay2023
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Portrait of Augusta Vikhrova ca 1860 by Franz Xaver Winterhalter #arthistory #dresshistory #fashionhistory
Dec 7th: Gold
Benozzo Gozzoli's Magus Melchior 1459-61
Earring 1800s (V&A)
Silk jacket 1770s (Met)
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1st Dec: Angel
Musician angel (fresco 1480) Melozzo da Forli
Callot Soeurs evening dress, orange silk & gold lamé c1919
Paquin evening dress, metallic silk, lamé & silk satin c1935
Perugia evening sandals, gold kid leather & rhinestones 1940
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And we're off! Join me for seasonally themed posts during advent. Expect clichés & a sackful of artistic licence.
🎅Christmas card made 1890-1900 (V&A)
🎅Wool twill cape with silk lining & silk embroidery 1860 (McCord)
🎅Button walking boots 1865-75 (Met) #Advent #dresshistory
Over the course of about 30 years, Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917) produced more than 20 paintings, pastels & drawings of millinery shops. ‘His voyeuristic yet empathetic portrait of the milliner’s private world focuses on the physical hardship of their work’ (Getty Museum) 1/2 https://t.co/Gn0ClBSHuD
Kept a close eye on the dress depicted in this late C18th-early C19th French artists collection. Have details if anyone would like.
Day 2 @MuseeOrsay. This is for all you lovely folks out there. Detail ‘Girl in the Garden’ oil on canvas, Mary Cassatt, early 1880s.