Editorial fashion from 1918. These are meant as examples and are from the book “Costume Design and Illustration” which was written by Ethel Traphagen. There are more of these but these are, I think, the most charming. Well the Paquin one (the first) with what was no doubt the head of one of the big cats as the whiskers and eyes have been kept along with the ears. So not exactly charming but still it’s Paquin so worth a look.

LES COLCHIQUES. Manteau de voyage de Paquin. From a 1913 color illustration by G. (George) Barbier. Courtesy of Vogue, New York Representatives of the Gazette du Bon Ton. Page 93 of Ethel Traphagen’s Costume Design and Illustration. Published in New York in 1918 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc and by Chapman and Hall in London. Its open library but Ms. Traphagen died in 1961 so it should still be under her copyright. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/costumedesignill0000ethe/page/n93/mode/1up
Frontispiece. Page 9 of Ethel Traphagen’s Costume Design and Illustration. Published in New York in 1918 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc and by Chapman and Hall in London. Its open library but Ms. Traphagen died in 1961 so it should still be under her copyright. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/costumedesignill0000ethe/page/n9/mode/1up
Figure 22. Modern fashions by Helen Dryden which show influence of Kate Greenaway. Courtesy of Vogue. Page 16 Image 35 of Ethel Traphagen’s Costume Design and Illustration. Published in New York in 1918 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc and by Chapman and Hall in London. Its open library but Ms. Traphagen died in 1961 so it should still be under her copyright. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/costumedesignill0000ethe/page/n35/mode/1up
Figure 97. Editorial magazine fashion work in which color Ben Day is used. Drawing by Reta Singer. Courtesy of Good Housekeeping. Page 64 Image 85 of Ethel Traphagen’s Costume Design and Illustration. Published in New York in 1918 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc and by Chapman and Hall in London. Its open library but Ms. Traphagen died in 1961 so it should still be under her copyright. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/costumedesignill0000ethe/page/n85/mode/1up
Drawn by Robert Henry for Félix Jungmann and Cie, Paris. Image 92 of Ethel Traphagen’s Costume Design and Illustration. Published in New York in 1918 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc and by Chapman and Hall in London. Its open library but Ms. Traphagen died in 1961 so it should still be under her copyright. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/costumedesignill0000ethe/page/n92/mode/1up
From a colored cover design by Brunelleschi. Courtesy of Harpers Bazaar. Image 209 of Ethel Traphagen’s Costume Design and Illustration. Published in New York in 1918 by John Wiley and Sons, Inc and by Chapman and Hall in London. Its open library but Ms. Traphagen died in 1961 so it should still be under her copyright. Fair use license. via https://archive.org/details/costumedesignill0000ethe/page/n209/mode/1up

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for September 12th in the Year of Our Lord MMXXVI

effervescing in air on the growl of an ancient wolf as she creeps out on silent feet from her lair somewhere in the very north of Scotland . . . a paw here and a paw there . . . crofters in their cottages to creep up on under a harvest moon and creatures to stalk down by the sea . . . where next with a wraith in raven form to lead the way . . . who can tell . . . better to try to hide . . . if you can

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it. The image is by @thevisualdome on Instagram https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-9c1

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for September 11th in the 2026 show 

smashing into a muddy field in western Pennsylvania with my fellow Franklin and Marshall College alumnus, Mark Rothenberg, who was on that plane. And now to the art.

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it-

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-c1c

Unique Tannery Pearson Mini Beast. Sculpture. 2014. American. Haas Brothers creator. via news.artnet.com.

Redecorating as chic as I can make it on a career gal’s starting out budget. Images from “The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration” which came out in 1925, the year my father was born and my mother’s parents were dating. Written by Ross Crane (the pen name of Charles Edgar Rosecrans) who was an artist and interior designer.

Front cover. Image 0 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/mode/1up

Color Plate Number 1 – An Attractive Interior with Wilton Rug, a Dominant Note in the Color Scheme. Courtesy of Marshall Field and Company. Frontispiece, Image 7 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n7/mode/1up
Interior Furnishing and Decoration. Plate 4 – The Block -Linen Draperies and the Upholstery in Tapestry, Striped Mohair and Block-Linen Harmonize Well with the Heavy Beamed (coffered) Ceiling Hand-Modeled Plaster Walls and Massive Stone Mantel. The Rather Heavy Furniture, Andirons and Wall Brackets are in Scale with the Architectural Background, While the Dark Floor and Deep-Toned Rugs Balance the Dark Beams of the Ceiling. Page 28 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/28/mode/1up
Color Plate Number 3 – A Lavish Use of Vivid Yet Harmonious Color in a Bedroom. All the Colors in the Wallpaper are Echoed and Re-echoed in the Furnishings – Courtesy of Wallpaper Manufacturers’ Association. Page 70 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n70/mode/1up
Plate 11 – (1) Modern Reproduction of Chippendale Furniture. (2) Early American Furniture of Chippendale Design, now on Exhibition in the Metropolitan Art Museum. Page 92 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/92/mode/1up
Color Plate 4 – The Japanese Brocade Which Inspired this Canterbury Hand-Blocked Linen is from Some Old Documents in the Art Institute of Chicago – Courtesy of Marshall Field and Company. Page 152 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n152/mode/1up
Curtain options: Plate 22 – Overlapping Ruffled Swiss Curtains; Plate 23 – Two-Tier Curtains. Page 144 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/144/mode/1up
Color Plate Number 5 – A Bright and Joyous Living Room, Made So by Color and Pattern. Note how the Neutral Grey of the Walls and Floor Set off the Gay Colors of Furniture and Woodwork. The Floor is Linoleum in Tile Effect – Courtesy of Armstrong Cork Company. Page 186 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n186/mode/1up
Modernizing a Living Room – Plate 49 One End of a Recreated Room. Page 195 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/195/mode/1up
Color Plate Number 6 – In This Quaint and Colorful Dining Room the Color starts from the Wall. A Large Part of the Decorative Character of the Room is Due to the Fresh Color and Delightful Pattern in the Wallpaper. Page 228 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/n228/mode/1up
Interior Furnishing and Decoration – Plate 58 – A Bedroom for a Man; Masculine Qualities are Expressed in the Block- Linen Hangings, Sunfast Rep Spread, Easy Chair, Bed and Table. The Best Place to Exhibit Family Photographs is the Bedroom. Page 224 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/224/mode/1up
Lamp Options – Plate 71. A Good Example of All That a Reading Lamp Should Not Be – Plate 72. A Good Reading Lamp. . Page 254 of The Ross Crane Book of Home Furnishing and Decoration. Ross Crane (pen name of architect and decorator Charles Edgar Rosecrans), author. Published in 1925 in Chicago, Illinois USA by Frederick J. Drake and Company. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/bwb_Y0-AHF-825/page/254/mode/1up

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for September 10th in the 2026 show . . .

sparkling on air as deep in a botanical garden somewhere in the West something comes to life and reaches up . . . a foot one day and two the next . . . through the greenhouse roof and rising up . . . flowers jumping out up and down the trunk and tendrils that reach out and grab . . . roots like iron and impossible to chop . . . too bad the explorer didn’t leave it where he found it on that remote isle where it was . . . wanting to stay it must have and better had it not been disturbed.

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see them all.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-0b9

The Soul Hovering over the Body, illustration for an 1808 edition of Robert Blair’s The Grave. 1808. British. William Blake, illustrator (1857-1827). via amazon.com.

An envisioning. 1998 and late June at the apartment on Robbinswood Way.

Oh to be here.

Nearly lunchtime and everyone waiting on the terrace for the maitre’d to toot his horn. A sort of maitre’d anyway. Hard to know, what with a childhood spent living at the Plaza with a dining staff that stretched in a line all the way from the kitchen doors to the Palm Court, but ending up in a senior lady apartment with meals with white tablecloths, everything cut up into tiny bits so you can eat it all, no matter how few teeth you have left. Getting the occasional BLT smuggled in and meeting the delivery boy by the parking lot, but not every day, just the ones when only one cane is needed so one has a free hand for a paper bag stuffed with potato chips.

my new short fiction piece published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to read the rest. It has two images with it, this one being in the collections of the Boston Public Library

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-1998-and-late-june

Very Eerie Pre Halloween art for a sunny Tuesday, September 8th, in the 2026 fall show . .

winking on air as in a cornfield somewhere in Kansas the maze grabs another tourist . . . stalks that reach out and snatch . . . first someone’s poodle that ran ahead with the leash left writhing like a fallen snake . . . then a child and then who knows . . . a good day to go pumpkin picking at the pumpkin patch and all that but no . . . wanting to be home for popcorn and Netflix with everyone on the sofa and that not to be . . .

my fall series post for today published to my Substack at the link. The image is in the collections of the Cooper Hewitt in New York.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-837

Tired of playing solitaire and going to check out a few open houses. Not the ones in the Sunday paper – oh no these are all Edwardian manses pictured in “Our beautiful homes, New South Wales Australia Series 1.” (the last one being from Series 2). Published ca. 1905.

Gawd all mighty even when you’ve seen a lot of these it’s amazing how many gew gaws Victorian and Edwardian people could fit into one room.

Front cover of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. Image 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/mode/1up
‘Swifts.’ (Hall) – Darling Point, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of EDMUND RESCH, Esquire. Image 8 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n8/mode/1up
‘Swifts.’ (Hall) – Darling Point, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of EDMUND RESCH, Esquire. Image 7 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n7/mode/1up
‘Linnwood.’ (Hall) – Guildford, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of Mrs. G. McCREDIE. Image 20 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n20/mode/1up

‘Edgmond’ – Wahroonga, N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of William Cooper, Esquire. Image 22 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. via https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n22/mode/1up
‘Burdekin House (Drawing Room) MacQuarie Street Sydney N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of Mrs. S. Burdekin. Image 22 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n44/mode/1up
“Ultimo House’ (Drawing Room) – Ultimo N.S.W. (New South Wales), Australia. Residence of Mrs. George Harris. Image 64 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 1. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 4.0. https://archive.org/details/Homes3124/page/n64/mode/1up
‘Casserton’ – Gordon New South Wales – Resident of John M. Ferguson, Esquire. Image 78 of Our Beautiful Homes N.S.W, Series 2. From the collections of Sydney Living Museums/Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Caroline Simpson Library. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://archive.org/details/OBHomes32449/page/n78/mode/1up

An envisioning. 1968. The golden hour approaching while the leaves turn colors at the villa outside Bucharest.

Oh to be here.

A seat out on the balcony, looking out towards the lake. Not a new bench you put together today and sit on tomorrow people. No, Grandmama’s settee, the one made out of twigs with the bark still on that matches the rail on the front porch. Very fashionable, the tree-trunk trend must have been, with the boathouses decked out in twigs and branches too, and the Virgin Mary behind the altar at the church with her own bark-covered oval frame to peek out of.

my new envisioning/short fiction piece posted to my Substack at the link. the image is from the 1920s.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-1968-the-golden-hour

Very Eerie Pre Halloween Art for September 7th in the 2026 fall show . . .

whispering on air as in the putrid miasma of a broken into mausoleum in the abandoned cemetery down the lane the crows caw . . . cawing for whoever is buried there and forgotten . . . cawing for a past that is gone and a future no one wants at least not if they knew what was to come . . . maybe it can be changed around yet . . . maybe not . . .

my fall series post published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it. The image is a ceiling detail at the Royal Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water, Surrey, England.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/very-eerie-pre-halloween-art-for-c1f