Les Petits chemins

Claude Lorrain (also Claude Gellee or Le Lorrain), ca.1604/05?-1682

Landscape with Cephalus and Procris reunited by Diana, 1645, oil on canvas, 101.5×132.8 cm

Allegory of Peace and War. Oil on canvas (1776) Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (Italian, 1708–1787) captured a tense, theatrical face-off between opposing primal forces. Mars, the god of war, rushes forward in a Chimera-engraved armor, an omen of devastation. But Peace steps right in his way. She stops his sword while offering an olive branch.

Partial coffee service (Déjeuner “Culture et Récolte du cacao”), hard-paste porcelain (1836) Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present) produced this inventive service commissioned by King Louis Philippe for Queen Marie-Amélie. Originally established at Vincennes and moved to Sèvres in 1756, the manufactory became the preeminent producer of European porcelain under the patronage of the French monarchy.

day dress, 1893 by unknown designer

this dress is made of silk, wool, velvet and lace. There is a definite influence of aesthetic dress on this dress, in the William Morris-esque pattern