Lost Splendor
Lost Splendor


Lost Splendor

Findings of a Fire-Headed History Student. Twenty-One Years Young
ask, theme
Robe á la Française, Yellow Silk Taffeta Dress, England c. 1760 (via Kyoto Costume Institute Digital Archives)
Selina, Lady Skipwith by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1787. The Frick Collection. Scanned via Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait

Silk Corset, Italy c. 1770s (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Riding Coat, 1760 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Pendue En Cartel: French Wall Clock, 1740 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
“Arm Wrestling Between Two Beauties”, Japanese Color Woodcut: 1793 via The New York Public Library
“Officers Socializing, 1789” via The New York Public Library Okay what exactly are these officers up to. I spy one of these officers attempting to Get Low.

Series of Suits, c. 1760s-1780s (via V&A)

(Source: collections.vam.ac.uk)

The Full Skeleton, Clavicle c. 1774. via NYPL
Pendule en Cartel, by Charles Crescent c. 1740 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Turkish Sword with Scabbard,  c. 1700s (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Hunting Sword with Scabbard by Joseph Deutschmann, crafted in Germany c. 1740 (via The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Catherine the Great and Peter III, c. 1740s (via  Grand Ladies)
Theme by theskeletonofme