Cast and Chased Openwork Gold Brooch in the Form of a Grotesque Beast in a Trefoil with Foliage and Animal Masks. Designed by Jules Wiése (?) around 1840–1860 and made by Louis Wiése after 1890 in Paris, France. Measures at 3.9 cm in width. From The British Museum collection, museum number: 1978,1002.551
(Source: britishmuseum.org)
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I fucking love presentations. If I had anyone to give presentations to, I’d give one about Gothic-revival architecture because dhsjsjhw it’s so pretty.
And I saw somewhere that Wayne manor was built in the mid-1800s and I just jumped for joy lmao.
I’m a huge fucking nerd, but so are y’all because you really want to see me make a bunch of floor plans so—
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Parliament, Budapest, 1896. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.
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BOOK OF HOURS. (Paris, 1828-1842)
Silver-gilt, gold, velvet, enamel, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds and pearls. The book is a fully illuminated manuscript on vellum, imitating late medieval examples. It was made for Louis Jules.
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At the end of each day, he used to ask me, “what have you done today to deserve your eyes?
—Eric LaRocca, Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
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Notre-Dame Basilica in the historic district of Old Montreal, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The interior of the church is amongst the most dramatic in the world and regarded as a masterpiece of Gothic Revival architecture. Architect François Baillairgé designed the interior decoration and choir 1785-95; facade and vault decoration, 1818.
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