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Ellen Askey
@elleaskey.bsky.social
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~ currently caring for a collection in a castle ~
Mostly sharing textiles or other weird and wonderful nic knackery
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Workshop of Pierre Paul Rubens (1577-1640)

Study of a child's head, n.d.

#FrenchArt
@ Christie's
March 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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A Printer's Sample Book, 1880-1881. The entire book has been digitized and is available to download, and includes 149 fabric samples, notes on dyes for printed #textiles. Thank you, #CooperHewitt collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/1857...
February 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
elleaskey.bsky.social
Furnishing fabric of printed cotton, 'Cray', designed by William Morris, 1884.

Possibly printed by Stead McAlpin for Warner and Sons, Great Britain, ca. 1955.

You can see the join in the print repeat where the design has been wood block printed 🤤

#textiletuesday
Cray design wood block printed in pale blue, pale pink and teal. The wood block join (or pattern repeat) is visible cutting through the leaves of the design.
January 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Welcome to our account! Here we will be sharing items from our historic dress archive. This 'Folly' fancy dress from around 1883-6 was presumably based on a design in 1882 'Fancy Dresses Described' by Ardern Holt (seen on the left). More on our website: thejohnbrightcollection.co.uk/costume/fanc...
January 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I found what I think is the oldest known Barbardian sampler, in the RSN collection. Made by Martha Collymore in 1771. There's more about my discovery in this month's History Today & here: collections.royal-needlework.org.uk/object-rsn-1.... Caribbean material culture folks, I'd love to talk to you!
January 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
The Iris Apfel collection

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An absolute riot of personality to slap you in the face on a gloomy Monday morning
January 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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OM double G
Unapologetically Iris: The Collection of Iris Apfel
Christie’s is delighted to present Unapologetically Iris: The Personal Collection of Iris Apfel, an online auction celebrating one of America’s most iconic style-makers. The online sale, which showcas...
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January 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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My love for sculptural ceramics definitely shows with the three objects I picked for this story introducing the new @artukdotorg.bsky.social ceramics project I am part of:

artuk.org/discover/sto...
Introducing Art UK's new ceramics project | Art UK
Discover artworks, explore venues and meet artists. Art UK is the online home for every public collection in the UK. Featuring over 300,000 artworks by over 50,000 artists.
artuk.org
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
This is tantalizing!

Pink silk satin

Gold-thread embroidered net at collar & applied at an asymmetrical angle at the back of neck and at the cuffs.

Voluminous balloon sleeves

two large lead-weighted bows.

Swathe of draped silk satin falls from one shoulder

Grecian drape

V&A collection 1912
An evening coat from the V&A collection. This collection picture shows just the Pale pink silk heavily gathered at the chest coming across the right hand shoulder to meet a length of trim in tarnished golden colour, woven with an eye shaped design. This image from the V&A collection shows a close up of the woven trim. Embroidered eye shapes in a tarnished looking shade of golden thread. The design has eye shapes and columns running in strips of about 5cm (by the looks of it)
January 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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These sleeve panels were meant to be worn under a gown or bodice with open sleeves. They gave the impression of a lavishly decorated smock or waistcoat under the bodice of the gown but were cheaper & less bulky to wear. #English, 1615-1625
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
January 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
Like nails down a blackboard kind of matching of fabric down the center back
eldergoth.bsky.social Nic @eldergoth.bsky.social · Jan 11
1400-25 Cope (pluviale, choir mantle) Museum Schnuetgen, Cologne. Taken August 2015 📸CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Fantastic example of piecing of precious fabric (gold brocaded silk voided/cut velvet) by not giving a doodah about matching the design of such valuable cloth. That's a rather modern idea.
Red and cold semi circular cope made from brocaded cut silk velvet Closeup of Red and cold semi circular cope made from brocaded cut silk velvet. It has a gold brocade tablet woven band on the upper edge. Closeup of Red and cold semi circular cope made from brocaded cut silk velvet showing the shoulder. The velvet is beautifully worked with two different types of brocading. Closeup of fringed bottom edge of Red and cold semi circular cope made from brocaded cut silk velvet. It is heavily pieced together to get the semicircle curve and the design absolutely does not match. It is not only delightful, also obviously becuase the value of such cloth was astronomical
January 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Rag Book Peddler Girl

Costume manufactured 1910-1930 to promote Dean's Rag Books which were books for children printed on fabric. This costume, made of pages from their books, sewn together, and supplied free to advertise the company's products

Ra-Ra trousers ❤️

V&A
printed pages of a children's book sewn together to form an outfit of ra-ra trousers! and big tied fabric bows hold up the costume over the shoulders. colours are creams, pinks, reds and green. the fabric pages of the book are sewn together , one page says "Mary had a little lamb l, his fleece as white as snow, where ever Mary went he was sure to go" another image is of two dogs playing tug of war with a book, tugging on a page each at opposite ends.
January 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
A child's party dress. 19th century. Tule and sequins. Little puff sleeves. Silver braiding. For perhaps a 2 or 3 year old child because of the size. how special is that! Imagine...where this little party dress was worn and for whos party....🥲

#ScotneyCastle #nationaltrust
A white tule and sequined party dress. Silver braiding around the neck, arms, waist and hem. The arms are short and puffy the waist to the hem is gathered and puffs outwards. Delicious beyond words.
January 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Two delicious 19th century children's waistcoats. One jacquard woven fabric and one embroidered on silk. Both so special! 😍 🥲
A 19th century child's waistcoat with a small colourful floral motif on a black silk fabric. Woven Jacquard fabric. Buttons in the same fabric as the body. A child's waistcoat of cream silk fabric with a silk embroidered trail of pink and lilac flowers on green leafy stems trailing down the front openings on both sides.
January 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
elleaskey.bsky.social
Nice depiction of the wool sack too.
jdmccafferty.bsky.social John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Dec 18
Henry VIII at the opening of Parliament in 1523 from The Wriothesley Garter book c.1530

(Royal Collection Trust, HM Charles III)
December 18, 2024 at 10:04 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
Can we call "Oil on Canvas" "Flax on Flax"
December 18, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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rococo-reinette.bsky.social
A hedgehog triptych; how utterly delightful! 🦔
lizaadamczewski.bsky.social Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · Dec 1
The last icon left in my pre Christmas sale is this one titled After the Storm. A #hedgehog. Snuffling towards some windfall apples. Painted on 23 carat gold leaf, laid on vintage folding gilt wood and gesso folding panels message me for details if you’d like to buy it
A hedgehog snuffles towards some windfall apples painted on gold leaf
December 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM
elleaskey.bsky.social
Apply culture liberally to your life and reap the benefits.
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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The incredible Ware collection of Blaschka glass models of plants at Harvard Museum of Natural History
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December 16, 2024 at 2:28 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
Looks like she's taken her knickers off over her head
billandtedtest.bsky.social The Bill and Ted Test @billandtedtest.bsky.social · Dec 12
11. #BTPPAdventCalendar

Let's cut straight to the big question: What Is On Lady Catherine De Bourgh's Head?

Is it a cap? Is it a turban? Is that scarf bit attached? Where does it come from? Where will it go?

By this point, we trust the costume designer has a source, but what?
December 15, 2024 at 7:20 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
Now deciding between a curled fringe or a Vemeer style head wrap 🙌
billandtedtest.bsky.social The Bill and Ted Test @billandtedtest.bsky.social · Dec 1
It's back!: THE BILL AND TED TEST ADVENT CALENDAR.
One post a day on the BBC 1995 Pride and Prejudice until 25th December.

The fine print: Going through from start to finish; episodes in order so no skipping ahead to Mr Wet Shirt 1812, thank you. Four posts per episode.

#BTPPAdventCalendar
December 15, 2024 at 7:10 PM
elleaskey.bsky.social
I'm looking out for (facilitated or non-faciliated acts) hands on interactions with heritage/museum objects that have a positive or negative outcome. where the story of the object is transformed and the interaction reacted too in our current times.

This is one of those 👇
celiarichardson.bsky.social Celia Richardson @celiarichardson.bsky.social · Dec 14
I love this map of places where sycamore gap tree saplings will be planted. They include the Rob Burrow Centre for MND and a plot in memory of a 15 year old girl killed by her ex-boyfriend. They stretch from the Orkneys to Cornwall. By @nationaltrust.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 10:58 AM
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For #FlowersonFriday, a detail of the Hardwick Hall Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I with iris, lily, pansy, strawberry and other plants worked amongst waterfowl, sea monsters and snakes on her petticoat. Is it an embroidered or painted or imaginary skirt? What do you think?
A close-up detail of a painting. Most of the image is filled with part of a long white skirt, hanging in folds, covered with intricate and colourful motifs such as a three red lilies, two yellow irises, a purple and yellow sea monster with tusks, a green snake with an open mouth, a white swan raising its wings, an orange and yellow butterfly, two pansies, a black and white bird with a neck like a goose and long pink legs, and others. The scale is not realistic; flowers are larger than animals. In the top left corner is a red velvet pillow with a large, complex tassel on the corner. To the right of that, partially cut off by the edge of the image, is a large piece of jewellery with black stones and three large teardrop pearls. A red cord hangs down from this and loops back up.
December 13, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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Prunella Clough
1919-1999

Skip Rope. Painted 1999.

Sketchbook.
www.tate.org.uk/art/archive/...
December 14, 2024 at 7:55 AM
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Fun fact about Frank Stella. He loved Gee's Bend quilts. He loved them so much that some of his paintings look remarkably like quilts. Until recently, who was admired & praised most often? Who was shown in galleries? Stella or quilters? Guess.
December 11, 2024 at 10:32 PM