Strange Women Lying in Ponds

Metropolitan Museum of Art 20.3.7

Up to date: vintage interior decorating imagery.

endlessly amused that Farage seems to think he's a Magic: The Gathering card

“Heavy rain in Berlin today resulting in a leaky ceiling in the main Rembrandt room in the Gemäldegalerie — a monumental Rembrandt covered in plastic and duct tape while a steady patter of drops land in a bucket an inch or two in front of the painting.” (@blackfaurest)

you can brush your teeth in the middle of the day. you can wash the dishes at 2am. you can do things outside the normal times assigned by society.

Elizaveta Kruglikova - Landscape at Sèvres (1904)

"Spuds Are Trumps For Caterers" cookbook

French vintage postcard

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

But the real reason this is fascinating is because overshot coverlets are a folk style. They're what rural weavers were making on barn looms to sell locally, or even just to use themselves. They have nothing to do with the extremely professionalized world of the silk industry. I've seen quilts that are made to look like overshot coverlets (like this one), which makes sense, because they're coming from sort of the same direction, but I don't think I've ever seen a dress silk like it.

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“I’ll leave it at that,” the president added.

QUESTION: WHY do I always wait like 6 years to buy things I want and WHEN will I stop doing it

There is this, and I appreciate the vision. I'm taking it under consideration. Check back in 6 years.

Maples