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myvintagevogue:

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Narco Rayon 1949, dress by Ceil Chapman

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nemfrog:
“Mourning cloak butterfly. Learning about our world. 1932.
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heaveninawildflower:

A few more of the Iris prints (Japanese, circa 1910).

1) The Mirror of Yedo (Yedo Kagami)

2) The Feather of a Big Bird (Otorige)

3) The Faithful Wild Fowl (Kigaunomisao

4) The Singing Bird (Meiran)

5) The Wave of Eternity (Congratulatory) (Bandainonami) 

6) Flower of Hollyhock (Hana-Aoi) 

7) Wave on a Rugged Shore  (Isononami)

8) The Still Pool (Oyodo)

9) Tiger’s Dance (Tora-Odori)

10) Enjoyment in Peace (Taiheiraku)


Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Catalog Photo

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clawmarks:
“Masterpieces of industrial art & sculpture at the international exhibition, 1862 - John Burley Waring, William Robert Tymms, Ill. - 1863 - via University of Heidelberg
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uconstruction:
“Antonio Ferreira Filho - In that Time…
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kafkasapartment:
“Matters of the Heart, 1990. Steve Hanks. Watercolor on paper.
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thomeyorker:
“Cajsa Wessberg by Fredrik Wannerstedt for Sicky Magazine
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nemfrog:
“Laelio-cattelya lustre. Orchids for everyone. 1910.
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clawmarks:
“The strangling of a poisonous snake, representing the crushing of tuberculosis - colour lithograph after G. Dorival and G. Capon - c.1918 - via Wellcome (edited)
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nemfrog:
““Lace Nebula in Cygnus.” The call of the stars. 1919.
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nemfrog:
“Great mullen or velvet dock, left. Moth mullen, right. Nature’s garden. 1927
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nemfrog:
“Black swallowtail butterfly, caterpillar and adult. The apple tree community. 1960.
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