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Marlene Dietrich takes a bow at the Théâtre de l’Étoile, Paris, 1959, wearing the Jean Louis swansdown cape

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—Virginia Woolf, "Mrs. Dalloway"

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diane jacobs

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silver and mother of pearl serving spoon

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chapters

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It is as if her whole life were caught between the threads, her memories stitched into every seam.

Sonia Velton, from The Nightingale's Castle

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Lloyd Rees (Australian, 1895-1988), Morning on the Derwent, 1971. Oil on canvas, 89.5 x 100.5 cm.

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Nicolas Larriere 

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Rare antique Japanese Kosobe-yaki Chawan with hand painting from the Edo period. Available on Trocadero.

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Brooch - Dancing nymphs in a frame of bats ca. 1902-03.

Jeweler: René Lalique

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Barbi Benton / photo by Mario Casilli for Playboy, December 1973.