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Silver embroidered silk wedding dress, 1850, Swedish.

Worn by Louise of the Netherlands, later Queen of Sweden.

Livrustkammaren.

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Atonement (2007) dir. Joe Wright

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Happy Monday! Here are three Aztec stone snakes for you. The greenish one (13th-16th century) is from the Cleveland Museum of Art and the other two (15th-early 16th century) are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two open access collections on JSTOR.

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dress

about 1892

silk taffeta, silk velvet, chenille silk, pearl, metal sequins, glass beads

Mme. De Latour

Newfields

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JEAN HARLOW as Kitty Packard in DINNER AT EIGHT — 1933, dir. George Cukor

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18th century mourning ring, traditionally gifted by close friends and family to the bereaved. This one is inscribed “John Thompson Mar 1773″.

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Palmyra, Syria, the two front entrances lead to the interior, the city's marketplace...

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Blue lawn summer dress

c. 1900-1909

description: blue lawn summer dress trimmed with pin tucks, embroidery and lace. Lined in white china silk. Bodice yoke has lace insertions and standing lace collar. Gathered bodice below yoke with fullness gathered into front band. Full, above-elbow sleeves wintith ruffle. Skirt has vertical pin tucks and two tiers of ruffles with lace and embroidery trim.

Minnesota Historical Society

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Stag Beetle Brooch

c. 1880

Northern Europe

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Sequined black net and blue satin dress

c. 1918-1923

made by Hattie H. McGahn

Minnesota Historical Society

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Sharon Tate photographed in London, 1966

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Abraham Mignon (detail)

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Mourning gown

c. 1885-1890

silk (moiré, velvet, satin, lace), cotton

MME Delbarre

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

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Sir Edward John Poynter (French-born British, 1836-1919) When the World was Young, 1891

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chainmail glove by jean paul gaultier