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Brocaded burgundy velvet two-piece evening gown

c. 1884-1889

Attributed to dressmaker Mary G. Worley, St. Paul, Minnesota

Minnesota Historical Society Collections

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Nadir deserves to go to the masquerade, and he must dance with Erik!

Here’s the progress pics

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• Evening dress (bodice and skirt).

Designer/Maker: House of Worth (Paris, France)

Date: ca. 1900

Medium: Silk, cotton, textile, metal, glass, paper.

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that’s a whole man.

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Dance of the Leaves, Dragonfly, Morning Dew by Wilhelm Kotarbiński (Polish, 1849–1921)

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Alphonse Mucha ֍ Paul Gauguin playing Mucha's harmonium in his studio, Rue de la Grande Chaumière, Paris (1893-4)

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Emile Pingat, evening cape, 1890s. C/o Whitaker Auctions.

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• Dress.

Date: ca. 1868

Medium: Watered silk faille, soutache cording, metal.

~ From the source: Margaretta Sophia Howard Ridgely (1824–1904) likely purchased this royal blue, silk moiré visiting dress during her travels through England and France in 1870. Black soutache cording embellishes the dress, which closes in the front with metal hooks and eyes and black thread-covered wooden buttons. Ridgely's husband, Charles Ridgely (1838–1872), did not survive the trip and passed away in 1872, upon which Margaretta entered mourning, wearing only blacks, greys, and later dull purples. This dress, so eye-catching and vibrant, would have been inappropriate to wear in mourning and was packed away, never to be worn again.

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' The Ancestress - Ghost in Daylight' by Hugo Steiner-Prag, 1919

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Whilst writing his new opera in box 5, Erik is unaware of the two girls who are secretly rehearsing on the main stage. Meg behind the piano and Christine on the stage. But as she starts singing, Erik is taken by surprise, such a voice..... By the time the song is done he is completely overcome with feelings. This is the perfect intstrument, the jewel he has been waiting for....and she is so, so beautiful. He is unsure what to do now.

The suit of cups, the water element, is about feelings, emotions & creativity. The ace can represent the start of something or in this case; the start of the journey of Erik & Christine, her creativity and his feelings. The is the Ace of Cups from Phantasma's Phantom of the Opera tarot that we are currently creating.

Oh and yes; we looked up pictures of the Opera Garnier what the view from box 5 looks like. We hope you enjoy it :)

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BIG SILLY?

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“ Literarily, a “Treehouse” “ // Benedikt Eroness

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Amedee Guillemin, Le Ciel, 1877. Shower of Andromedids, Nov 27th 1872, seen over France

Scan from New Scientist