“Pimpernel” Wallpaper Design, William Morris, 1876

ethertune:

Zenpuku-gawa (By jmarnaud)

ornamentedbeing:

The ladies déshabillé theme won by a landslide! I would also like to announce that I have changed the time period to cover the Victorians through the 20s and I may throw in a 30s piece just for fun.
Wedding Lingerie
c.1929
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The Opéra Garnier in Paris. Ceiling mural by Marc Chagall.

Anthony van Dyck, Lady Anne Carr, Countess of Bedford (detail), ca. 1638

patternbase:

Ornate metal

sexyqueen:

‘Ornate Expectations’ - 3

nparts:

Museum unveils Bronte’s teeny tiny early work
A manuscript by British author Charlotte Brontë that fits comfortably into the palm of a hand that fetched 691,000 pounds ($1.1 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in December, more than twice the upper estimate, went on display this week.

thelightandthedark:

A British one penny coin from 1903 defaced by the Suffragettes

kittenmeats:

“Panna a netvor” (1978) - Juraj Herz

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