MuseumNerd
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I am rather enthusiastic about museums
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A fur lining adds warmth as well as luxury to an outer garment. This type of cape might feature a finer fur at the edges with something less valuable under the velvet. [🧵5/6]
February 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A fur lining adds warmth as well as luxury to an outer garment. This type of cape might feature a finer fur at the edges with something less valuable under the velvet. [🧵5/6]
💯Most of the people I know from museum work have left the field due to low pay and/or financial precarity 😥
February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
💯Most of the people I know from museum work have left the field due to low pay and/or financial precarity 😥
... Because the plants could not sustain this sort of treatment for long, the volume's print runs were short, and consequently the book is rare." From the exhibit 'Treasures' at the New York Public Library 3/3
February 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
... Because the plants could not sustain this sort of treatment for long, the volume's print runs were short, and consequently the book is rare." From the exhibit 'Treasures' at the New York Public Library 3/3
"Rather than using a woodblock or metal printing plate to illustrate the volume, Ludwig used the process of nature printing: he applied the plant itself, which he covered with a dark dust and then ran through the press. The powdered appeared as outlines on the sheets, which were then colored by hand
February 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Rather than using a woodblock or metal printing plate to illustrate the volume, Ludwig used the process of nature printing: he applied the plant itself, which he covered with a dark dust and then ran through the press. The powdered appeared as outlines on the sheets, which were then colored by hand