Beautiful Century

Georg Kolbe

Dressing in a Rangiku Kimono 1902 by Blue Ruin1 on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Rangiku is the beautiful spreading chrysanthemum, with its long petals in disarray this pattern used on kimono fabric that is meant to have a powerful impact.

colourthysoul:

Henri Le Sidaner - The Communicant (1893)

venusmilk:

The tale of Lohengrin, knight of the swan : after the drama of Richard Wagner ([1914])
Illustrated by Willy Pogány

(source)

venusmilk:

The tale of Lohengrin, knight of the swan : after the drama of Richard Wagner ([1914])
Illustrated by Willy Pogány

(source)

onceagarden:

From Foolish fashion, by Henry Mayer, 1914

A hat full of roses by sctatepdx on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Today I went to an estate sale that advertised vintage photos. I was there when the door opened and asked where the photos were, only to be told that most of them sold yesterday, when I was at work. What was left on the table in the music room (a former music teacher) was dismal. I did find a few nice ones in the dining room and then found this hand tinted woman with the lovely hat at the bottom of a box in the basement! It’s 6.5 x 8.5”

lonelycoast:

lebosie:

Portrait of Cléo de Mérode, 1890’s.

Coles Phillips, Watkins Mulsified Cocoanut Oil, 1918 on Flickr.

Click image for 1192 x 1824 size.

From Taschen’s “All-American Ads 1900-1919”.