Dark Matters

treselegant:

”1.Turkey garnished with flowers. 2. Sandwiches. 3. Tongue. 4.Open Jelly with whipped cream. 5. Jelly of two colours. 6. Game pie. Aspic Jelly in dish. 7. Lobster. 8. Ham.”

Coloured plate from the title pages of ‘Cassell’s Household Guide’, 1869.

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vintagegal:

Victorian costumes c. 1880’s

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One of the many marvellous feats of…

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One of the many marvelous feats of the Patty Brothers.
Ringling Brothers

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treselegant:

Scale Stitching,

Cassell’s Household Guide, 1869.

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decadentiacoprofaga:

El Gato Helecho, Remedios Varo, 1957. Source.

Si sueño con esto seré muy feliz.

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Le Cochon Danseur [1907]

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thebeldam:

Violina by ~INDRIKoff

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volt-tackle:

Kunstformen der Natur

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petitpoulailler:

oldbookillustrations: 1893 Alfred Edmund Brehm, from Brehms Tierleben (Brehm’s Animal Life) Vol. 6, by , Leipzig, Vienna; Source: archive.org

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