Beautiful Century
Pretty pictures from the 1850s to the 1910s.
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Photo reblogged from Days Gone By
1915 Lucile design “Youth” designed for and worn by dancer Florence Walton.
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![Dragon and Pearl Obi 1910s by Blue Ruin1 on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) Momotaro, dancing with a mai-ogi (dancing fan), her obi (sash) decorated with dragons and pearls.
“The dragon is often depicted surrounded by little flames and running after a [spherical] jewel, tama, sometimes having caught it in its claws. This is the jewel of omnipotence, the jewel that fulfils all desires, often represented in Far Eastern art. Some authors are explaining this jewel as the sun hidden by rainclouds. Others… hold the opinion that it represents the thunder.”
According to “The Animal in Far Eastern Art” by T. Volker, first published 1950, page 64.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/5163e3730dcbea13eafdc2b469a9a6b9/tumblr_mmqrktYyvN1qilfk2o1_500.jpg)
Dragon and Pearl Obi 1910s by Blue Ruin1 on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Maiko (Apprentice Geisha) Momotaro, dancing with a mai-ogi (dancing fan), her obi (sash) decorated with dragons and pearls.
“The dragon is often depicted surrounded by little flames and running after a [spherical] jewel, tama, sometimes having caught it in its claws. This is the jewel of omnipotence, the jewel that fulfils all desires, often represented in Far Eastern art. Some authors are explaining this jewel as the sun hidden by rainclouds. Others… hold the opinion that it represents the thunder.”
According to “The Animal in Far Eastern Art” by T. Volker, first published 1950, page 64. -
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Photo reblogged from Spell Bound 1
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The Cagniac Sisters by The Nite Tripper ☾✩ on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
Here is an old French postcard of the dance troupe, “The Cagniac Sisters,” performing a Hungarian dance that was produced sometime before 1910… -
Photo reblogged from nowhereland
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Photoset reblogged from Too old to be true
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Photo reblogged from Art from all times
