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Fan in a balloon shape. ca. 1900-1920. Painted fabric sheet with a bone mount. Maker not known. Image © Fans d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-art-nouveau/1828-ballon-art-deco-eventail-vers-1900-1920.html
Clematis fan. Art Nouveau in style. Black gauze embroidered with sequins of various colors. Frame in real or perhaps faux tortoiseshell encrusted with sequins. Image © Fans d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-art-nouveau/2349-clematites-eventail-art-nouveau.html
Dragonfly balloon fan. Art Nouveau in style. Silk mesh balloon sheet embroidered with golden and pearly pastilles. Horn mount, encrusted with golden pastilles. Image © Fans d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-art-nouveau/517-libellule-eventail-art-nouveau.html
Balloon fan, black fan with a sunray motif. Early 20th c. Tulle in black embroidered with golden sequins imitating rays. Frame in real or faux tortoiseshell. Image © Fans d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-art-nouveau/1637-soleil-noir-eventail-armure-debut-xxeme.html
Fan with a motif of swallows made of lace. ca. 1900. Folded in type with a lace sheet that depicts swallows embroidered with steel pellets. Tortoiseshell frame. Image © Fans d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-art-nouveau/440-les-hirondelles-de-dentelle-eventail-vers-1900.html
Fan with a motif of gold poppies. ca. 1905. Tulle leaf with gold poppies, painted and embroidered with golden sequins. Painted blackened wood frame. Ronot-Tutin, painter. Image © Fans d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-art-nouveau/1925-les-pavots-d-or-eventail-de-tutin-vers-1905.html
Fan in the motif of a white peacock. ca. 1905. Lobed silk sheet painted with a white peacock and embroidered with silver sequins. Horn mount. Signed Thomasse and Duvelleroy. Image © Fans d’Eventails, Paris. Fair use license. via https://www.fandeventails.fr/fr/eventails-art-nouveau/2397-paon-blanc-eventail-de-thomasse-et-duvelleroy-vers-1905.html
Peacock feather wallpaper. ca. 1895. Grass paper wallcovering. Designed by Arthur Silver for Rottmann-Silver. Image © 2019 Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MoDA), Middlesex University. Fair use license. via https://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=220014&sos=0
“Peacock Feathers.” 1887. Roller printed cotton. Arthur Silver, designer. Designed for Liberty and Company. Rossendale Printing Company, maker. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Fair use license. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O78872/peacock-feathers-furnishing-fabric-silver-arthur/
Sketch of symmetrical overlapping peacock feathers. Preparatory drawing for a wallcovering designed for Rottmann-Silver in 1884. Central feather in gold, green and blue. Eye with blue, green, mauve and orange. Pencil and gouache on copy paper. Image © 2019 Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MoDA), Middlesex University. Fair use license. via https://vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=219866&sos=0
“Franklin’s Key to Electricity,” from the “Early American Series.” 1929. Dress silk. Image © Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Fair use license. via https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/early-american-series-57083100
“Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone,” from the “National Park” series. 1927. Printed dress silk. Image © National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Fair use license. via https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1166582
“Memories of the Alamo.” 1929. Printed dress silk. Image © Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Fair use license. via https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/memories-alamo-57083100h?return=%2Fart-design%2Fcollection%3Fsearch_api_fulltext%3DH.R.%2520Mallinson%2520%2526%2520Co.
Flowering bulb textile design. 1915-1923. Watercolor and pencil. Image © Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow. Fair use license. via https://rampages.us/gdtheory/tag/charles-rennie-mackintosh/
Tobacco flower textile design. Undated. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Image © Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow. Fair use license. via http://community.artauthority.net/work.asp?wid=97236&pos=123
Textile design with stylized floral motifs. ca. 1918. Pencil and watercolor. Image © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Fair use license. via http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O692580/textile-design-mackintosh-charles-rennie/
Textile design. 1917. Watercolor and pencil. Image © 2018 Blouin Corp. Fair use license. via https://www.blouinartsalesindex.com/auctions/Charles-Rennie-Mackintosh-7102156/Textile-Design-1917
Lace trimming for an alb. 1650-1700. Needlepoint lace made with flax yarn. Venetian. Image © Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. Fair use license. via http://collections.imm.hu/gyujtemeny/lace-trimming-embroidered-apparel-for-an-alb-liturgival-vestment/2479?i=58
Flat point Venetian lace. 1750-1799. Needlepoint lace with linen thread. Probably made in France or Italy. Image © Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. Fair use license. via http://collections.imm.hu/gyujtemeny/csipke-point-plat-de-venice/14546?i=86
Lace band. 1650-1699. Needlepoint lace with flax yarn. Made in Italy. Image © Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest. Fair use license. via http://collections.imm.hu/gyujtemeny/lace-band/39456?i=87
“Avalon Flamingo Crystal Clutch Bag.” Contemporary. American. Judith Leiber Couture, maker. Image © 2019, Neiman Marcus. Fair use license. via https://www.neimanmarcus.com/p/judith-leiber-couture-avalon-flamingo-crystal-clutch-bag-prod201070255?ecid=NMAF__Lyst+US&CS_003=5630585&utm_
Fish handbag. Installation view, Museum of Arts and Design, New York. Undated. American. Judith Leiber Couture, maker. © Judith Leiber Couture. Fair use license. via https://www.justgoplacesblog.com/mad-museum/
Penguin clutch. Undated. American. Judith Leiber Couture, maker. © Judith Leiber Couture. Fair use license. via https://www.purseblog.com/evening-bags/add-a-glittering-jewel-to-your-wardrobe-with-a-judith-leiber-clutch-from-christies/attachment/judith-leiber-penguin-clutch/
“Iselberg” design. 1912-1917. Block printed. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?q=wiener+werkst%C3%A4tte&p=2&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=4#/BK-1995-34-J,16
“Aussee” design. 1911-1914. Block printed. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?q=wiener+werkst%C3%A4tte&p=3&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=0#/BK-1995-34-C(V),24
“Strohblume” design. 1910-1914. Block printed. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?q=wiener+werkst%C3%A4tte&p=1&ps=12&st=Objects&ii=4#/BK-1995-34-B,4
Festive robe with bats, lotuses, and the character for longevity. Jiaqing period, 1796–1820. Embroidery, polychrome and metallic-wrapped silk threads on silk tabby. Probably embroidered by the Imperial Silk Manufactory, Suzhou and tailored in the Imperial Workshop, Beijing. Palace Museum, Gu43302. © The Palace Museum. Fair use license. via http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2018/08/18/36637303.html
Festive headdress with phoenixes and peonies. Tongzhi or Guangxu period, probably 1872 or 1888–89. Silver with gilding, kingfisher feather, pearls, coral, jadeite, ruby, sapphire, tourmaline, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and glass; frame: metal, wires with silk satin, velvet, and cardboard. Probably made in the Imperial Workshop, Beijing. Palace Museum, Gu59708. © The Palace Museum. Fair use license. via http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2018/08/18/36637303.html
Court hat with phoenixes. 18th or 19th c. Sable, velvet, silk floss, pearls, tiger’s-eye stone, lapis lazuli, glass, birch bark and metal with gilding, and kingfisher feather. Imperial Workshop, Beijing, presumed maker. Palace Museum, Gu60084. © The Palace Museum. Fair use license. via http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2018/08/18/36637303.html
Pair of socks with phoenixes and other birds. Kangxi period, 1662–1722. Embroidery, polychrome, metallic-wrapped and peacock-filament-wrapped threads on silk satin with silk damask and silk lining. workshop, Probably made in a workshop in Jiangsu or Zhejiang province. Palace Museum, Gu61795. © The Palace Museum. Fair use license. via https://www.antiquesandthearts.com/empresses-of-chinas-forbidden-city-1644-1912/
Platform shoes with tiger heads, the character for longevity, and bats. Guangxu period, 1875–1908. Appliqué, and silk satin. Platforms wood core covered with cotton and glass beads, Palace Museum, Gu61568. © The Palace Museum. Fair use license. via https://www.providencejournal.com/entertainmentlife/20181227/peabody-essex-museum-explores-history-of-three-women-who-ruled-china
Festive robe with eight dragon-phoenix roundels and twelve imperial symbols. Guangxu period, about 1888–89. Embroidery, polychrome and metallic-wrapped silk threads on silk tabby. Imperial Silk Manufactory, Suzhou, embroidery. Imperial Workshop, Beijing, tailoring. Palace Museum, Gu44219. © The Palace Museum. Fair use license. via http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2018/08/18/36637303.html
Strip of needle lace with a man with scepter between two crowns. ca. 1685-1695. French. Maker not known. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/rijksstudio/kunstwerken/textiel/objecten#/BK-1980-86,0
Workpiece made to earn a diploma. ca. 1890-1900. Geesje Smid, maker. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In the public domain. via https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search/objects?f=1&p=2&ps=12&collection=textile
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