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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 5h

Door of Cautolleau store in Angers - 1897
Walnut, elm, wrought iron & copper.

Designer - Hector Guimard
Locksmith - Antoine Balet

Now @museeorsay.bsky.social #Paris

#Architect #HectorGuimard
#Architecture #ArtNouveau
#AdoorableThursday
#IronworkThursday

Two doors with large windows inset with swirling ironwork.

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 15h

A taste of it

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 15h

Well that was mesmerisingly good. Serious yet with humour, a little vaudeville thrown in, as that was part of the real Edward's stage act.

I'm so glad I got to see this true story, one man show. See it if you get the chance. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 17h

Out tonight at the Old Town Hall Theatre to see this play

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 18h

Same Guy!! 🤩
Our little lead figurine clearly went on a Mediterranean holiday 12,000 years ago.

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 18h

Such a lovely, rich colour. Perfect for autumn, too!

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1d

It took a highly sophisticated Jacquard weave to create the incredibly detailed oranges that form the fabric of of this early 1890s dress. You can almost smell the citrusy peel. There so many details to observe here, the pattern matching, the cuff trim, the drama! #V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

A view of the back of an1890s dress showing the bodice with clusters of oranges woven into the fabric. It has black lace on the sleeves and a high collar

A detail of the front of the bodice of the orange patterned 1890s dress showing black lace at the neckline and the detailed fruit

Sleeve detail of the 1890s orange patterned dress which has a yellow silk trellis work trim with black lace

Full length view of the front of the 1890s dress patterned with oranges and trimmed with black lace

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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 1d

And the delirious Carlton Cinema, Upton Park, built in 1928, demolished 1996.

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Paul Brightwell @brightwell.bsky.social · 1d

Käthe Kollwitz
Stehende Frau, nach links
1888

charcoal on buff paper
55.3 x 44.1 cm

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 1d

"We are now at a critical moment in time. 75% of the building is derelict, and there has already been one fire in the property in recent times"

I have a horrible sense of déjà vu

Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 1d

Grade 1 listed Ashton Court Mansion, Bristol faces 'catastrophic decline' if not repaired soon. 👇
BBC News - Ashton Court Mansion faces 'catastrophic decline' without repairs - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ashton Court Mansion faces 'catastrophic decline' without repairs

Bristol Historic Buildings Trust wants to take over management of the mansion to carry out repairs.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@maryfrancesness @maryfrancesness.bsky.social · 1d

seascape in a stone wall

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 1d

That 2nd photo 😍
They're all superb

Bernard Rose Photography @brpimages.bsky.social · 1d

The Galeón Andalucía leaving Liverpool today @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social @scousescene.bsky.social #GaleónAndalucía #Liverpool

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 2d

Wright deemed sitting "an unfortunate necessity," but designed 200 chairs anyway.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Long-Lost Chair Designs Realized for the First Time

Museum of Wisconsin Art explores the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright through his chair designs, 11 of which have been built for the show.

news.artnet.com

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Laura Marie Brown @laurambrown.bsky.social · 2d

A gamechanger

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 2d

Mid century Autumn logos. Designers listed in comments.
instagram.com/p/CjDQgg9q5AB/

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 2d

Any excuse to post my favourite boys, Grandaddy

#Grandaddy

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 3d

NEW Karnak, at the ancient #Egyptian capital of Thebes, is one of the world's largest temple complexes. The first geoarchaeological research there suggests the complex may have been constructed to recall the 'primeval mound' of Egyptian creation myths.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Four researchers stood with a drill extracting a sediment core. In the background stand the remains of an ancient Egyptian temple with large obelisks reaching upwards.

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s tempting to suggest the Theban elites chose Karnak’s location for the dwelling place of a new form of the creator god, ‘Ra-Amun’, as it fitted the cosmogonical scene of high ground emerging from surrounding water,”

www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/10...

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 2d

I’m just going to say it: I think two horses would have been easier to draw.

The Met Museum, info below.

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J White @kardomah.bsky.social · 2d

"The fact that I was somebody everyone had heard of and I came there myself and gave them exact details of sizes, values, and dates — all that impressed them very much."

When Picasso Saved Matisse’s Paintings From the Nazis

After subduing Paris in the summer of 1940, Adolf Hitler launched “a second blitzkrieg,” in the words of scholar Frederic Spotts, “with the intention of making Germany as supreme culturally as it w…

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3d

Designer Christopher Dresser, dreamed of creating an art colony in Middlesbrough. Though overshadowed by William Morris, he was a pivotal figure in the Aesthetic Movement. Dresser pioneered some of the first designer labels in ceramics, wallpaper, glass and textiles. In 1879 he 1/3

Earthenware Pitchers, Linthorpe Art Pottery, Christopher Dresser, 1879-1882, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Some Melodious Plot @somemelodiousplot.bsky.social · 3d

Today’s favourite piece of Tuscany art.

Okay, Botticelli’s ‘La Primavera’ is stunning. Pushing through the crowds to get up close to Cate Blanchett, subconsciously humming ‘The Girl is Crying in her Latte’.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 3d

Laurits Andersen Ring's fascination with artificial lighting and his dramatic use of strong chiaroscuro is evident throughout his career; he often explored themes of loneliness and the human condition. This is from 1899.

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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 4d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

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Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social · 4d

My father, rooting about his shelves, found a book he’d inherited from his father. Opened it for the first time. Inside an inscription.

My grandfather, Robert C Miller, was a US airforce metrologist. He developed the first tornado forecast. The inscription is during the development of that forecast

A green hardback of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

Inside the book an inscription, in beautiful swooping cursive penmanship:

To Major R.C. Miller

For those moments while you’re waiting for the forecast to verify - a few meditations of another misunderstood genius.

Lt. Mac
August, ‘56

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