Sleeping Joan of Arc — George William Joy (1844-1925)

Sainsbury's bath and haircare products, 1980s. From the Sainsbury Archive.

— The 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in Tech

“A Cloisonné Vase Mark of the Hayashi Kodenji Workshop, Meiji Period (late 19th century) Worked in various thicknesses of silver wire and coloured cloisonné enamels on a dark blue ground with a maple tree surrounded by a profusion of flowers including chrysanthemums, irises, wild pinks and grasses, the foot with floral lappets, the neck with a band of geometric pattern, silver rims.”

Woodcut , 30.6 x 42.2 cm.   12.05 x 16.61 in.

Donna Tartt for the NYT, 1995, photo by Stephan Haskell

'pierre balmain "corset" evening dress in blue taffetta + gray-green velvet, c. 1951' in fifty years of fashion: new look to now - valerie steele (1997)