for once! im posting this w/ enough time in the month left to advertise my postcard club!! this will be november's illustration for the 10EU tier (& itll be holo foiled hoho) 🙌
they'll be shipped out when im back from my MCM London/UK trip! sign up before the 31st to get it (to avoid timezone difference woes)!
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Octopus Chatelaine. Manufactured by William B. Kerr & Co. in Newark, New Jersey, ca. 1900. Medium is 800 silver, sterling silver. From the collection of Mary Nunn, exhibited by SFO Museum for their 'The Allure of Art Nouveau' exhibition, Feb 13, 2016–Aug 26, 2016.
(Source: sfomuseum.org)
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I was out thrifting today and this thing came home with me. I’m fascinated by it. Does anyone have any idea what the heck it is???
Admin McNerd IDed it and it's pretty dang cool! https://www.sheilacunha.it/2021/01/12/balangandans-the-jewelry-of-brazilian-slaves
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We as a society should bring back chatelaines
Pretty, practical and cool
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chatelaine, 1860 - united states
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#MetalMonday:
Octopus Chatelaine, 1887
Gorham Manufacturing Company (Providence, RI, USA)
Silver, red glass, black beads
W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2001.326
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🍇 sketchbook studies continue as always...
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Cover details.
Le Petit écho de la mode. No 41. Volume XV. 15 Octobre 1893. Corsage de ville en cheviotte et velours noir. Ville de Paris / Bibliothèque Forney
Corsage de ville en cheviotte et velours noir entièrement ajusté avec pince, agrafé au milieu, sous un biais de velours partant du col, fait également en velours. Basquine à godets, montée après le corsage. Manche ballon à poignet de velours, montant au-dessus du coude, recouverte par un jockey également en velours doublé de soie, finissant dans le dos comme devant.
City bodice in cheviotte and black velvet, fully adjusted with clip, stapled in the middle, under a velvet bias starting from the collar, also made in velvet. Basquine with godets, fitted after the bodice. Balloon sleeve with velvet cuff, rising above the elbow, covered by a jockey also in velvet lined with silk, finishing in the back and front.
Matériaux: 2 mètres cheviotte, 1m,10 velours.
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obsessed with these lately
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This is a 19th Century French compass chatelaine for a pocket watch, with hand-painted dial and navy anchor decor on reverse
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Scissors case for a chatelaine, 1670, England.
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Chatelaine, ca. 1863-1885, from the Victoria and Albert Museum
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