Author: sarahbguestperry

On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

Saturday night flirting over and studying lines instead. Off to try out for one of the school plays and hoping for a role with a cute costume. Theatricals (and one Hallowe’en Masquerade) imagery from old yearbooks of Saint Genevieve-of-the-Pines, Asheville, North Carolina for the years 1917 and 1920. These are all from scans on the Internet Archive but I found out about them from @ncdigitalheritagecenter on Instagram.

Cast picture, “The Chimes of Normandy.” Page 71 of the 1920 edition of “Le Flambeau,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeau192004stge/page/n70/mode/1up
Cast picture, “Esther.” Page 72 of the 1920 edition of “Le Flambeau,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeau192004stge/page/n72/mode/1up
Cast picture, “Princess Chrysanthemum.” Page 74 of the 1920 edition of “Le Flambeau,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeau192004stge/page/n74/mode/1up
The Hallowe’en Masquerade. Page 69 of the 1917 edition of “Le Flambeau,” the yearbook of Saint-Genevieve-of-the-Pines School, Asheville, North Carolina. North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/leflambeauserial01stge/page/n69/mode/1up

“Dollhouses and other Miniature Worlds” for May 6th as the lilac begins to bloom and the year 2026 heads towards summer . . .

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

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/dollhouses-and-other-miniature-worlds-7e7

Summer in the Winter from a series of dioramas inside vintage ring boxes. 2015. Canadian Trinidadian. Curtis Talwst Santiago, artist. curtissantiago.art. via thevintagenews.com.

“Dollhouses and other Miniature Worlds” for Monday May 4th in the MMXXVI spring show . .

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it. Around 22 images in all one with a video clip link.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/dollhouses-and-other-miniature-worlds-263

Performance space seating, Institute of Contemporary Art, Seaport District, Boston, Massachusetts USA. 2022 image. Faux miniature. From the Instagram of the Echelon Seaport Hotel.

1935 and out for a fast decor refresh before Mother comes. Room interiors with brand new venetian blinds manufactured by the Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio.

Front cover, Image 1 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/mode/1up

A bank, maybe. Commercial but not a store because they dress the windows, not cover them up with venetian blinds. Page 3 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/1/mode/1up
In this Bedroom Yardley Blinds add charm and comfort. (upper image). Page 6 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/6/mode/1up
Venetian Blinds adapted to the formal dining room (lower image). Page 6 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/6/mode/1up
Yardley Venetian Blinds furnish controlled light and privacy in this airy sun room (upper image). Page 7 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/7/mode/1up
One of the many attractive offices in the Grant Building, Pittsburgh, which is equipped throughout with Yardley Blinds. We quote from a letter by V. W. Hunter. superintendent of this building, as follows: ‘- we are pleased to advise you that we have approximately 1800 Venetian Blinds of the Yardley manufacture in our building. Over a period of 33 months, these blinds have been satisfactory in every respect and we have had excellent service from the Yardley Company. We feel we made no mistake in the selection of the Yardley Venetian Blind.’ Page 8 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/8/mode/1up
A pleasant corner of the club library. YARDLEY BLINDS in stain finishes, will match various wood paneling. They add especially to an early American motif. Page 9 of Yardley Venetian Blinds, a commercial catalog published by Yardley Screen and Weather Strip Company of Columbus Ohio USA. © May 1935. Collections of the Columbia University Libraries. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/yardleyimprovedv00yard/page/9/mode/1up

Yardley Screen and Weather Strip was active in the 1920s and 1930s according to a Google search. This is the only 1930s catalogue of theirs that anyone has scanned. There is an earlier pamphlet listing their screen products but it has no room pictures.

Designs beautiful enough to grace any room in Malmaison. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Empress Joséphine had some just like these. In various archives but the University of Heidelberg has the best scans.

PREMIER CAHIER D’ARABESQUES ET DE DÉCORATIONS PROPRES AUX ARTISTS DE CER GENRE, définies par M. J. M. Moreau et à Rome par M. Lavalle Poufin. Dediee a Monsier Charles, Cesar, de Rigor, Chevalier de Montjoux Capitaine au Régiment de Flandre & &. Par son très humble et très obéissant serviteur Guyot. A.P.D.R. A Paris chez Guyot Graveur Rue Saint-Jacques. J. M. Moreau after Guyot. Plate 2 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0014/image,info,thumbs
Lavalle Poussin del. Guyot sculptor. Plate 5 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0017/image,info,thumbs
Peint par Watteau. Gravé par Guyot. Plate 9 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0021/image,info,thumbs
Plate 15 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0027/image,info,thumbs
Lavalle Poussin del. Guyot sculp. Plate 17 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0029/image,info,thumbs
A.P.D.R. Voisin Del, Guyot Sculp. Plate 21 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0033/image,info,thumbs ;
IX. CAHIER D’ARABESQUES, ET DE DÉCORATIONS, propres aux Artistes de ce genres.À Paris chez Guyot, Graveur, et Md. D’Estampes rue Saint-Jacques, au Grand Gessnere, avec privilège de Roy. Barthelot del. Guyot, Sculp. Plate 26 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0038/image,info,thumbs
A.P.D.R. Leclerc, del. Guyot Sculp. Plate 31 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0043/image,info,thumbs
CAHIER D’ARABESQUES, ET DE DÉCORATIONS, propres aux Artistes de ce genres.À Paris, chez Guyot, graveur, et Md. d’Estampes, rue Saint-Jacques au Grand Gessnere. Berthelot, del. Guyot direxit. Plate 34 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0046/image,info,thumbs
CAHIER D’ARABESQUES, ET DE DÉCORATIONS, propres aux Artistes de ce genres.Dessiné à Rome par M. Lavalle Poussin. A Paris chez Guyot Graveur Rue Jacques. A.P.D.R. Plate 37 of Nouvelle collection d’arabesques, propres à la décoration des appartemens. By M. Alexandre Lenoir and published in Paris and Strasbourg in 1810. Collections of and image © Heidelberg University Library. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/lenoir1810/0049/image,info,thumbs

“Dollhouses and other Miniature Worlds” for April 27th in the 2026 spring show . . .

my series post for today published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to see it. Please scroll down to the end to see all the images. Thanks!

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/dollhouses-and-other-miniature-worlds-cca

Bird sculpture rendered in metal as reddish flowers with black centers. 2020. Japanese. Taiichiro Yoshida, artist. taiichiroyoshida.com. via thisiscolossal.com.