Sarah Perkins
@theproofangel.bsky.social
Sarah Perkins is an editor & proofreader (CIEP Advanced Professional Member), struggling guitarist (should practise more), & dabbles in textiles. Websites: https://t.co/62V9j1cnbt
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I am one of those strange creatures who loves a sickly soft centre when it comes to a tray of chocolates. This mid #1940s Charles James ballgown has always reminded me of a strawberry creme, or is that just me? @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I am one of those strange creatures who loves a sickly soft centre when it comes to a tray of chocolates. This mid #1940s Charles James ballgown has always reminded me of a strawberry creme, or is that just me? @metmuseum.org #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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This tailored dolman dating to the late #1880s made by Belgravia tailor Hulbert Beach. Careful pattern arrangement ensures the paisley motifs are symmetrical. I love the deep pleats at the back which must have rippled to reveal the pattern within @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
October 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This tailored dolman dating to the late #1880s made by Belgravia tailor Hulbert Beach. Careful pattern arrangement ensures the paisley motifs are symmetrical. I love the deep pleats at the back which must have rippled to reveal the pattern within @jbrightcollection.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Storm Amy is rolling in here today so I propose hot cups of tea all round, a good book & feet up whilst wearing a quilted dressing gown. These were made in Japan in huge numbers for the Western market, quilted & embroidered in a range of floral motifs. Both 1880s #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 @metmuseum.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Storm Amy is rolling in here today so I propose hot cups of tea all round, a good book & feet up whilst wearing a quilted dressing gown. These were made in Japan in huge numbers for the Western market, quilted & embroidered in a range of floral motifs. Both 1880s #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 @metmuseum.org
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The rear elevation of this architect’s office 🤔
September 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The rear elevation of this architect’s office 🤔
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The blurry tiers of gauze that cover the pink underskirt of the late #1850s gown makes the wearer appear transient, as if she is not entirely present but about to shape shift into another dimension. Or is that just me? @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
July 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The blurry tiers of gauze that cover the pink underskirt of the late #1850s gown makes the wearer appear transient, as if she is not entirely present but about to shape shift into another dimension. Or is that just me? @mfaboston.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Annemieke Mein, Dutch-born Australian textile artist who specialises in depicting wildlife #womensart
July 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Annemieke Mein, Dutch-born Australian textile artist who specialises in depicting wildlife #womensart
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It is easy to decry garments worn by generations past as we occupy spaces of stretch fabrics but women could move more than we imagine. Here an 1873 tennis dress & an active participant in John Lavery’s 1885 painting ‘Played’ offering a different view @chertseymuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
July 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It is easy to decry garments worn by generations past as we occupy spaces of stretch fabrics but women could move more than we imagine. Here an 1873 tennis dress & an active participant in John Lavery’s 1885 painting ‘Played’ offering a different view @chertseymuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Using embroidery and yarn, Peruvian artist Ana Teresa Barboza creates textile art depicting land and seascapes #WomensArt
July 3, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Using embroidery and yarn, Peruvian artist Ana Teresa Barboza creates textile art depicting land and seascapes #WomensArt
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Emile Pingat is one of those early couturiers whose designs cut a swathe across the fashionable world for 30 years & then, without an heir to carry on his work, fell into obscurity. He was often inspired by the past, this early #1880s gown all c18th menswear, Shelburne Museum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
June 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Emile Pingat is one of those early couturiers whose designs cut a swathe across the fashionable world for 30 years & then, without an heir to carry on his work, fell into obscurity. He was often inspired by the past, this early #1880s gown all c18th menswear, Shelburne Museum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Had there been a world championship in pleating competition in the #1840s then I would propose this unknown maker as a contender. The colour might be vivid but it is the manipulation of the silk that is so striking #ksumuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
June 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Had there been a world championship in pleating competition in the #1840s then I would propose this unknown maker as a contender. The colour might be vivid but it is the manipulation of the silk that is so striking #ksumuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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I am in the middle of this acrylic painting, ‘Catch of the Day’. 80 x 80cm on canvas using Golden open acrylics. Loving the light and nearly at the enjoyable adding the jewels stage. #art #acrylic #royalsocietyofmarineartists #goldenhour #fishingboat
June 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I am in the middle of this acrylic painting, ‘Catch of the Day’. 80 x 80cm on canvas using Golden open acrylics. Loving the light and nearly at the enjoyable adding the jewels stage. #art #acrylic #royalsocietyofmarineartists #goldenhour #fishingboat
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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh’s Art Nouveau gesso panel ‘The White Rose and the Red Rose’ (detail), 1902 #WomensArt
June 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh’s Art Nouveau gesso panel ‘The White Rose and the Red Rose’ (detail), 1902 #WomensArt
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June 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt #Sunday
June 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt #Sunday
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May 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Erin Hanson, contemporary US painter known for her modern impressionism #WomensArt
Have a good week!
Have a good week!
May 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Erin Hanson, contemporary US painter known for her modern impressionism #WomensArt
Have a good week!
Have a good week!
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#drawing 4694 in the Market Square #thedailysketch #adrawingaday #artyear
#usknorthampton @usknorthampton.bsky.social
#usknorthampton @usknorthampton.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
#drawing 4694 in the Market Square #thedailysketch #adrawingaday #artyear
#usknorthampton @usknorthampton.bsky.social
#usknorthampton @usknorthampton.bsky.social
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Views from the train on the way home from a quick visit to Cornwall for a funeral. It’s late afternoon, the carriage is almost empty and the train is flying along. There’s occasional laughter from the end of the carriage.
May 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Views from the train on the way home from a quick visit to Cornwall for a funeral. It’s late afternoon, the carriage is almost empty and the train is flying along. There’s occasional laughter from the end of the carriage.
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'Twisting and turning' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered #WomensArt
May 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
'Twisting and turning' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered #WomensArt
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'Wings' by Sybil Andrews (1898 – 1992), English-Canadian artist who specialised in printmaking and is often remembered for the movement portrayed in her reductionist linocuts #womensart
May 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
'Wings' by Sybil Andrews (1898 – 1992), English-Canadian artist who specialised in printmaking and is often remembered for the movement portrayed in her reductionist linocuts #womensart
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Let’s just float in multi-layered, two tone Madame Grès, looking skywards and taking some deep breaths, letting the world stop for just a moment. 1967 #MetMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
May 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Let’s just float in multi-layered, two tone Madame Grès, looking skywards and taking some deep breaths, letting the world stop for just a moment. 1967 #MetMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡
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Award-winning Native American Hopi pottery artist Rainy Naha, 'Wide Jar with Interlocking Birds' #womensart
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Award-winning Native American Hopi pottery artist Rainy Naha, 'Wide Jar with Interlocking Birds' #womensart
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‘A little chop round the Headland’ Reminds me of the time we hit strong winds when sailing with friends, the mainsail jammed and Vicki and I tried to unjam it. Or rather she did, I was hanging on to the mast for dear life. Painted safely on Millford paper using Schmincke paints. #watercolour #art
May 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
‘A little chop round the Headland’ Reminds me of the time we hit strong winds when sailing with friends, the mainsail jammed and Vicki and I tried to unjam it. Or rather she did, I was hanging on to the mast for dear life. Painted safely on Millford paper using Schmincke paints. #watercolour #art
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Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, painter, genius #WomensArt
May 9, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Joni Mitchell, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, painter, genius #WomensArt
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Helen Paxton Brown (1876 - 1956) artist associated with the Glasgow Girls, known for a range of mediums such as hand painted china #womensart
May 7, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Helen Paxton Brown (1876 - 1956) artist associated with the Glasgow Girls, known for a range of mediums such as hand painted china #womensart