#20th century

[oldpaintings]

The Pearl Necklace, c.1905 by Henry Tonks (English, 1862--1937)

#henry tonks #20th Century #english #art #paintings

[fashionsfromhistory]

Dress

c.1900-1901

Grand Rapids Public Museum

#fashion history #historical fashion #edwardian fashion #edwardian #1900s #turn of the century #1900 #dress #1901 #blue #silk #20th century #grand rapids public museum

[history-of-fashion]

1958 Day dress by Cargelli, Netherlands

dark blue ottoman grosgrain silk, mother-of-pearl buttons

(Museum Rotterdam)

#1950s #20th century #dress #women #Cargelli

[classicarte]

Portrait de Percy Grainger Jacques-Émile Blanche, 1906

#art #painting #20th century #French art #Jacques-Émile Blanche #impressionism #1900s #1900s art #classical art

[jeannepompadour]

C.Z. Guest  by Cecil Beaton in Vogue UK 1959

#cecil beaton #style icon #1951 #1950s #20th Century #mdpvintage #vintage #vintage style #headdress #fashion photography

[maertyrer]

Fritz Eichenberg St. Christopher

Wood engraving, 18.7 x 13 cm, 1949

#fritz eichenberg #saint #christopher #martyr #christ child #20th century

[wardrobeoftime]

Downton Abbey + Costumes

Lady Mary Crawley’s beige-brown dress in Season 02, Episode 09.

#Downton Abbey #Mary Crawley #period drama #perioddramaedit #costume drama #costumes #costumesource #1910s #1900s #20th century #beige #brown #Downton #Yorkshire #England #Britain #Europe

[r-u-s-s-i-a]

Sergey Rachmaninov at the piano (1910s/1920s)

#Сергей Рахманинов #Sergey Rachmaninov #photography #russian composer #composer #music #vintage photography #1910s #10s #1920s #20s #20th century

[charlottearthistory]

‘germanic warrior with helmet’ - osmar schindler (1902)

#art #art history #curators #culture #museums #history #conflict #germanic #20th century

[solomonsgarden]

Strawberry postage stamps from St. Pierre and Miquelon, Brazil and Sweden 🍓

#postage stamps #art #vintage #20th century #trinkets #pic post #my post

[altheaontheinternet]

The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, August 31, 1952

#louisville #kentucky #newspaper #newspaper clippings #the courier-journal #1950s #20th century #dog days are over #autumn #fall

[oldpaintings]

Illustration for the Tales by Edgar Allan Poe, 1907 by Alberto Martini (Italian, 1876--1954)

#alberto martini #20th Century #italian #art #Illustration

[fashionsfromhistory]

Dress

c.1900-1901

Grand Rapids Public Museum

#fashion history #historical fashion #edwardian fashion #edwardian #1900s #turn of the century #1900 #1901 #dress #blue #silk #lace #20th century #grand rapids public museum

[artschoolglasses]

Spirit Bear Possessing a Man’s Soul, David Ruben Piqtoukun, 1982

#spirit bear possessing a man's soul #David Ruben piqtoukun #piqtoukun #1982 #1980s #1900s #20th century #sculpture #statue #art #contemporary #contemporary art

[classicarte]

Le voile noir (The Black Veil) Samuel Melton Fisher, 1907/8

#art #painting #20th century #British art #English art #Samuel Melton Fisher #1900s #1900s art #classical art

[jeannepompadour]

Aleksandra Ekster

Costume design for Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome, 1917

Costume design for Salome, 1917,

Women's costume design, 1920

#1917 #1910s #1920s #costume design #costume illustration #illustration #stage costume #theatre #Aleksandra ekster #mdptheratre #modern art #20th century

[maertyrer]

Joé Descomps-Cormier Brooch depicting St. Joan of Arc

Enamel and gold, ca. 1900

#joé descomps-cormier #saint #joan of arc #martyr #20th century #art deco #jugendstil #jewelry

[wardrobeoftime]

Downton Abbey + Costumes

Lady Mary Crawley’s blue & black dress in Season 02, Episode 09 and Season 03, Episode 03, 05 & 08.

#Downton Abbey #Mary Crawley #period drama #perioddramaedit #costume drama #costumes #costumesource #1910s #1920s #1900s #20th century #blue #black #Downton #Yorkshire #England #Britain #Europe

[r-u-s-s-i-a]

Evgenia Maksimovna Osipova in Russian costume,Murom (1900s)

#Муром #Murom #photography #русский народный костюм #russian costume #slavic #dress #traditional clothes #traditional dress #vintage photography #1900s #00s #20th century

[amazighbuffyofrivia]

I do appreciate what Cathy Hay has been doing of late. Her last video made me really emotional.

She has been trying to recreate the Peacock dress, designed by Worth and worn by Mary Curzon in 1903. It's a 10 pound chiffon dress of woven silver and gold thread.

Frankly, the embroidery is far more beautiful than its design.

But she's found it difficult to recreate, to say the least. The embroidery was done in colonised India, when The British Empire controlled and took credit for everything. And let me tell you, some of these Indian ateliers had a lot of people working on a single piece, because the designs are so intricate and elaborate.

And so, recently she's been more outspoken of the fact that British colonisation really enables these wealthy western Europeans to wear gowns that almost look impossibly beautiful, but rightful credit was of course never given to the people who made it. Cathy started talking about this during the height of media coverage of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protest. She said she was reflecting on her position in the world and the lens through which she saw the Peacock dress.

So Cathy Hay has been researching it's history. And she eventually found out the name of the man who owned the work shop that made it. Kishan Shand from Delhi. It was a firm owned by Manick Chand. And more importantly, she found a sketch of the men that worked there, around the period the embroidery probably would have been done. It was most likely those very same men.

And I just felt this lump in my throat. I always wonder about the craftsmen behind so much of history's most beautiful art. They're never named because the one who commissions the work, the patron, is usually given all the undue credit. We still don't know the individual names, but we have a sketch of their faces.

#cathy hay #peacock dress #jean philippe worth #fashion history #indian history #indian art #indian textile #indian embroidery #colonisation #british empire #british imperialism #fashion #20th century #mary curzon