The Ornamented Being
Ornamented: -verb: Adorn; beautify. Be·ing: -noun: Fulfillment of possibilities; essential completeness.
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“Boots: 1883, high-button style of silk satin brocade with kidskin vamp, quarter, and baby French heel, kidskin decorated with cut-out pattern of rhododendron leaves underlaid with gold-colored kid, scallop-edge closure along side with circular brass buttons.”
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Wedding Dress. 18th century (1758). Cream silk. Shrewsbury Museums Service (SHYMS: T/1983/1/5).
(Source: darwincountry.org)
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… for once I’m actually at a loss for words.
Fourth quarter 19th century
FrenchMetAnyone want to take a crack at guessing what this was worn for/with?Maybe it’s part of a folk costume? Or part of something worn in a particular region of France? -
Phrygian cap, late-18th century, used by French Revolutionaries as a symbol of liberty
By kind permission of Jon Goldstein -
Adolphe Alexandre Lesrel (French, 1839-1929) – The Attentive Courtier
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The Comtesse d’Artois and her children in 1783 Charles Leclercq
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Portrait of the Princesse de Lamballe 1788 Anton Hickel
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Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.
- Lamartine.
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c. 1804-14
Waistcoat
Met
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Dress, Evening
Anne & Thérèse (French)
ca. 1925
The Met says: …The intricate and artistic beadwork that is used is of the highest quality and an example of refined French workmanship from the period. While the flapper style began as a style quite shocking, it developed into the look of the modern fashionable woman.
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High Louis Buckle Heel - Silk c. 1780s
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Louie heel quite that high.
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Elegant gold embroidery on red velvet - part of French officer’s uniform
Hand-embroidered, ca. 1800. The details are breathtaking. It’s also amazing that this and so many other uniforms survived.
I am ridiculously interested in the caduceus but I can’t find anything about why it would be on the uniform or what the other symbols stand for.
