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Saying good bye to #September! Via @britishlibrary "Hand-coloured etching & engraving fr. a set of 12 fashion plates,1749 “A lady standing…hands folded at her waist w/a fan in her left hand, wearing a hooped gown decorated w/ flowers, apron, gauzy cape & broad-brimmed hat."
#HappyHeartDay ‘The Fourth Lesson of Love' by #PhebeColeman of #Nantucket, c. 1799. Courtesy, Houghton Library, @Harvard @HoughtonLib #ValentinesDay2022 #GalentinesDay #loveislove #happyheartday
"Summer is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather." John Ruskin
#SerenitySunday Fireboard, 1790 "Comtemplation by the Shore, 1790, American. Via @peabodyessex
Good night- sweet dreams & bright tomorrows ✨✨
Detail, Chariot of #Venus, #Boucher, @gardnermuseum
Archive: 'A Frosty, Fashionable January, c1790s' A reverse (oil) painting on glass, a technique frequently seen in work of skilled artisans & artists in the Asian Export trade. Made #Canton #China & intended for Western audience. @WinterthurMuse More: https://t.co/v0Dx7GqmKz
For your #planner: @MHS1791 @MHS_Research "The Legacy of the China Trade in Massachusetts: The Emergence of a Global #Boston" https://t.co/fIXUPhjMDh #globalboston #chinatrade @PEMLibrary
#serenitysunday I find balance & interplay of form & color in this #fashionplate especially appealing. Full yellow dress, accented by the blue gloves & jaunty red hat….delightful! From the Gallery of Fashion, October 1797. Several versions may be found online #summerpromenade
#RedRedRed Plate fr. #augusteracinet #thecompletecostumehistory illustrating types of #shawls #wraps worn late 18th-early 19thc #france #wraponeup #giftgiving
Fashion plate fr. era of #MarieAntoinette (1755-1793), 1784: Robe à l’Anglaise le corpsage lacé par derriere le jupon et retroussé, les manches d’une couleur differente de la Robe, le tout bordées d’un ruban de couleur à volonté, tres étroit. via @mfaboston #18thcfashion
Mrs. Thomas Graham by #Gainsborough, oil on canvas, c1775-77 #widenercollection #GorgeousGeorgians