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Hello February 🌹
‘Rose Rouge’ designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, silk, 1958. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
This is daringly sheer. The devoré velvet dress presumably had a matching slip beneath it. Or perhaps not? It is a casually draped #1930s affair with a rhinestone clasped belt #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front full length view of a wrap style 1930s dress made from voided devoré purple velvet with a floral fabric pattern. It has billowing sleeves and is belted with a rhinestone decorated belt. It has a V neck Back view of the wrap style 1930s purple velvet dress that shows the drape of the garment with its wide sleeves A close up of the sparkly clasp of the 1930s purple velvet dress in an interlocking oval shape A detail of the billowing full sleeves of the purple velvet 1930s dress showing how sheer the fabric is
February 16, 2026 at 9:22 PM
julieinstitches.bsky.social
Enjoy a close view of a late 1920s silk tea gown, Callot Soeurs (French design house). Image via The Met.
February 16, 2026 at 6:34 PM
julieinstitches.bsky.social
Reasons to be cheerful…
Oh good, it’s gone dark….now I can’t see the rain 😩
February 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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chriswoodyard.bsky.social
Correct Modes for Mourning Wear, Vogue 15 Feb 1917. Tailored suits, veiled hats, dinner dresses. The suits and dresses could be ordered in all black or all white materials. White mourning was beginning to be considered less eccentric and better for morale than all black.
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead
A page advertisement for R.H. Macy & Co. showing Correct Modes for Mourning Wear, with drawings of women in suits, hats with veils, blouses, and evening wear.
February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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hammockauthor.bsky.social
Arrangement (1901)

by Alfred Henry Maurer (American, 1868-1932)

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
February 15, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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ahistoryinart.bsky.social
'A Shady Spot,' was one of four paintings George Clausen exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1901. It was painted when he living in Widdington, near Newport in Essex, an area surrounded by large oaks, which he often painted and featured in his lectures at the Royal Academy.
February 15, 2026 at 12:44 PM
julieinstitches.bsky.social
Portrait of Mademoiselle Ehrler, Léon Riesener, pastelliste, 1861, Petit Palais.
Portrait, dated 1861, in pastel of a young girl holding a hoop in a forest setting. She wears a short pink dress embellished with ribbons. Petit Palais.
February 14, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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marycassat.bsky.social
The Reader https://www.wikiart.org/en/mary-cassatt/the-reader-1878
The Reader
February 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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histfest.bsky.social
The Brontë Sisters: Lives & Legacies
3PM, SUN 19 APRIL | BRITISH LIBRARY

Join public historian Greg Jenner in conversation with literary scholar Dr Tara Puri & historical novelist Essie Fox to explore literature's most famous siblings.

Part of #HistFest2026. Book now events.bl.uk/events/histf...
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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Fan with a darling little image of a fashionably dressed lady playing the harp. I love the hat! #18thc #dresshistory
Detail of an 18th century fan. Depicted is a fashionable lady playing the harp. She wears a bright pink gown with a white petticoat. The neckline is filled in with a white fichu. On her coiffed hair sits a huge, wide brimmed blue hat, decorated with white plumes and a long piece of transparant white fabric hanging from the brim.
February 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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laurencdeutsch.bsky.social
For #ootd's #ValentinesDay theme, we have this 1920 Bonwit Teller pink chiffon tea gown with metallic flowers on its dropped waist. Bonwit Teller was a retailer that sold original designs and copies of Parisian fashions, which #museumatFIT speculates this was. #Fashionhistory
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 AM
julieinstitches.bsky.social
For Valentine’s weekend, a bodice cowl of silk roses from Charles James, USA, 1937.
February 13, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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Hello February 🌹
‘Rose Rouge’ designed by Yves Saint Laurent for Dior, silk, 1958. Via The Met here: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
This is my kind of evening gown, one which might easily double as a dressing gown for a glamorous night in. The fine #1940s two tone knit was created by Germaine Monteil, a French designer based in New York #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Front view of a long two tone evening dress in a dark pinky beige outer layer with a grey green gathered central panel A slightly different view of the two tone 1940s evening dress showing the darker overdress style and the grey green panel A close up of the centre front of the two tone evening dress showing the ties centre front with the tightly gathered central panel
February 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
In today's "things I covet" 👇

Metal and leather straight-back dresser trunk, c.1890. It converted from steamer trunk to dresser so the traveler was not required to unpack.
A trunk that has been opened to reveal a chest of drawers inside
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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julieinstitches.bsky.social
This week’s Friday treat.
💙 Coat of blue silk velvet designed by John Cavanagh, made London 1964. Via The V&A.
Front view of 1960s short blue silk velvet coat with net sleeves layered with bands of velvet piping.
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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#FridayFrocks #Embroidery - Stomacher, c.1725–35. Silver embroidered background with a flower pattern in colourful silks and gold thread. Stomachers were decorative panels worn at the front of a bodice to fill in the central gap between the two sides of a dress.
A tall, triangular 18th‑century embroidered stomacher, wider at the top and tapering to a narrow point at the bottom. The background fabric is a soft gold tone, densely decorated with hand‑stitched floral motifs. Bright red flowers with layered petals and green stems and leaves run vertically down the centre, framed by twisting gold braids and metallic thread. Small yellow tabs are attached around the edges for fastening to a gown. A close‑up image on the right shows the fine detail of the embroidery, including shimmering gold threads, raised couched work, and vividly coloured silk stitching.
February 13, 2026 at 7:10 AM
julieinstitches.bsky.social
This week’s Friday treat.
💙 Coat of blue silk velvet designed by John Cavanagh, made London 1964. Via The V&A.
Front view of 1960s short blue silk velvet coat with net sleeves layered with bands of velvet piping.
February 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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ragriggsauthor.bsky.social
🎉Happy Friday everyone! 🎉

I’m celebrating today. Editing is complete and my book about Katherine Astley (aka Kat Ashley) is taking shape.

We’re working towards publication this summer @penswordbooks

#katashley #queenelizabethsgoverness #womeninhistory #tudor
February 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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katestrasdin.bsky.social
A #1920s Fortuny ensemble which showcases the genius of the design process, creating rainbow shades of pleated gowns over which a range of outer layers could be mixed and matched @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
Partial view of a terracotta coloured pleated silk dress by the house of Fortuny over which is worn a diaphanous silk jacket of the same shade stencilled with gold motifs The bottom third of Ty terracotta Fortuny ensemble showing the scooped hem of the jacket and the floor length hem of the pleated delphos dress
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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ahistoryinart.bsky.social
David Gauld's portrait (c1920) is an exercise in aesthetic values; it is reputed to depict the actress Irene Vanburgh, Oscar Wilde's own choice for Gwendolen in the first performance of 'The Importance of Being Ernest,' which opened at St. James's Theatre, 14th February 1895.
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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chriswoodyard.bsky.social
#TheVictorianBookoftheDead #NationalUmbrellaDay
Black silk mourning umbrella, c. 1870-1880.
www.europeana.eu/en/item/2048...
Black silk mourning umbrella with two pompom tassels, a shiny black handle with knob, and a wrist loop.
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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eastlondongroup.bsky.social
Today would have been Brynhild Parker's birthday as she was born on 10th February 1907. Attached herewith are her paintings of "Saloon Bar(1931)": "Appledore(1932)": "Islington Street Scene(1935)" & "Windy Day on Marine Parade, Southend(1930)"ex the collection at the Beecroft Gallery, Southend #botd
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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orkneylibrary.bsky.social
Today is #NationalSweaterDay so let's enjoy 'The Fair-Isle Jumper' painted by #Orkney-born artist Stanley Cursiter in 1923.

Stanley Cursiter (1887-1976) was Keeper of the National Galleries of Scotland from 1930-1948 and was appointed the King's Painter and Limner in Scotland.
A painting of a woman wearing a Fair Isle knitted jumper, with a knitted hat, scarf and white gloves. She is looking towards the viewer.
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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drrjwarren.bsky.social
#ArtDD2026
Roman scent bottle

From the Met Museum, photographed by @alisonfisk.bsky.social with thanks.

@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
Painting of balloon-shaped glass bottle, in blue, green and gold.
February 8, 2026 at 6:06 PM